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
cutting goes practice recipe season
As the season goes on, that's going to be the recipe for him, cutting back his practice time. If you're a 10-year veteran, there are not a lot of new things you're going to learn.
ball came cuts hard playing shoot turned
Rashad came in at the end and turned it up. He got to the free-throw line, made some hard cuts without the ball. We all know he can shoot it, but him playing without the ball is another focus.
cutting five hard minutes quarter second start step third tight time
Not really cutting hard with the pep in our step as we had in the first quarter and second quarter. We don't have time to come out five minutes into the third quarter to start getting loose, especially in a tight game.
aggressive area contact creating cuts difference energy offensive
(The difference was) the aggressiveness and energy in the cuts and screens. They had 18 offensive boards, which is another area of aggressiveness. ... It was the all-out aggressive play - cuts to the basket, making screens, and creating contact first.
came cut defender defense heart lays passing player plays polished raw remember rookie smart soul surprises team watched work year
I watched him work out right before his rookie year and I remember how raw he was when he first came out of Alabama. Just to see him now, how polished of a player he is, how smart a defender he is, how he plays the passing lane, how he kind of lays in the cut and surprises the defense - he's just come such a long way and he's the heart and soul of his team with the way he plays.
effort good hit ray shots stretch tough until
I thought we had a good effort until about a two-minute stretch when Ray (Allen) just went crazy. He hit some tough shots and some tough threes.
lost quicker
I thought we lost a lot of juice. I thought they were quicker than us tonight.
close games group point regain took turning
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).
belief broke spirit together
I think all those together broke our spirit and our belief in each other.
happened lose ways
It happened so quick. We come up with different ways to lose it.
couple guarded hit huge jason shots
Jason hit some huge shots. I don't know who could have guarded him on a couple of those shots he made.
national saw team
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.
fought guys lose played
Those guys fought hard, played hard. To lose like that ...
together
We have to put together 48 minutes. That's been our story all year.