Dwane Casey
Dwane Casey
Dwane Caseyis an American basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Casey is also a former NCAA basketball player and coach, having played and coached there for over a decade before moving on to the NBA...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 April 1957
expectation goal last level realistic run thinking win
The expectation level is sky-high for all of us. Their goal was to win the division, thinking they could run away with it like we did last year. I don't know if that's a realistic goal.
closest guy third
We need his offense. For us, he's the closest thing to that third scorer we need. He's the quickest guy we have.
far possibilities road stand trip
We know this road trip is going to have a lot to say about where we stand as far as the possibilities of making the playoffs.
jack shots
We got the shots we wanted and the spacing we wanted. We didn't jack up threes.
close confidence lose shake
You lose that many close games, it will shake your confidence.
coming good job looking matching playing quickly ready recognize run small
We didn't do a good job of matching up in transition. They were playing a small lineup. We didn't recognize quickly enough, because they were coming down and not looking to run a play but looking for the three-point line. If you're not ready to get back in transition, it's going to be a long night.
guys stepping
We have to have more distribution from other guys stepping up.
both egg ends goose guys hard mistakes opportunity playoff recover
We had an opportunity to get in the playoff race, and to come back with a goose egg is very disappointing for me. It should be disappointing for the players, and it's disappointing to the staff. When you have young guys like that, we make so many mistakes on both ends of the floor, it's hard to recover from that on the road.
extend guys lead open opportunity wide
We had an opportunity to extend the lead but didn't come up with making the play. We had open shots, guys were wide open but you've got to be able to make those.
against
We still have to see what he can do against the MVP of the league.
couple games handful last man people played stretch three tried weeks wrestling
(Yao) is a big man and he's a handful for us. We tried three people on him and he is just a handful down here wrestling with him. He has really, really had a stretch of games the last couple of weeks where he has played well and been a force.
both fourth quarter star struggled
We both were without our star players. We struggled the first quarter and they struggled the fourth quarter.
forcing love taking understand
Would I love to have them? Yes, but I understand injuries, and there's no use in forcing it or taking any chances.
bill postal
We've got a postal bill that's pretty high.