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
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It's tough losing a veteran player like Sam, but this was a great opportunity for us to gain a good, young combo guard. Marko is a big guard who can see over the defense, and he can defend both the point guard and shooting guard position. We feel we've really upgraded our defense and our team with the addition of Marko. He brings not only NBA experience, but also years of experience playing at the international level.
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Defensively, it's tougher to guard. Jordan could easily average quite a few more points now.
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I saw he got into some scraps with the national team and I like that, as long as you use it in the right way.
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It's a great opportunity for these young guys to do what they did today. To compete, to build, to grow and to fight. Most of all, to win without those guys.
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I think they're probably two of the best and quickest in the league coming off screens, changing speeds. They'll come off; they'll hesitate. Where Ben Gordon gets you is that second burst of the speed. We just didn't gauge their speed and square our shoulders.
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They did a great job of containing the basketball and getting guys out of their spots.
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Avalanche. Offensively, our execution was bad. That's one problem you have against a team defense like that. They turned up the juice, and we couldn't execute.
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I thought that was a turning point in our season, (Wells') shot, that group of close games we had. I think it took a little starch out of us, and we were never able to regain (momentum).
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I remember I was so intimidated meeting him. I went into his office, and he had no basketball pictures. It was just all of his prized cattle. He was huge into raising Black Angus cows.
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I challenge anyone to look at any other staff and see who works harder than the staff we have.
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He thought he had an open shot. He was wide open. So he took the shot. I will never question a guy if he feels like he has a shot.
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I like our group. The positive energy, the speed and quickness. We've got to continue to work and get better.
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I've explained to him to get in there and push the ball and defend and do what he's supposed to do when he's starting. The key is getting that opportunity, because Marcus is playing so well right now.
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Everybody's going to make a run and when they did, we didn't collapse. It's not fun losing the lead, but the important thing is that we didn't give in.