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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We're coaching to win first. Development will come along with that. I'm trying to create an environment of professionalism, working hard, playing hard.
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I think right now Fred is just trying to decide what he wants to do, whether he wants to coach, be in the front office or play. I think he could do all three. He still can make shots. He's very knowledgeable of the NBA to be in the front office or to be a coach. It's a good dilemma to have.
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I'd like to see what the game brings. We're going in trying to win the game. I'm not going out trying to have a tryout. We'll do that Sunday in practice.
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You have to have focus on the road and a mental toughness, that's what we're trying to find.
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These are young guys and we're trying to win. For me to build a winning environment, you have to try to win every night. These guys were scratching and diving for balls and they deserved to win.
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That's growing pains. Hopefully Marcus will learn from it; nobody was trying harder than he was.
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I'm trying to create an environment of professionalism, working hard and playing hard.
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He's a one-man wrecking crew. We spent the whole night trying to figure out the offensive sets around where he was on the play. He's a great player. He's one of the guys you have to think about for Defensive Player of the Year.
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I don't think the commissioner had any race intentions whatsoever with the new dress code. I just think he's trying to improve the image.
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I think you have to have a focus on the road, a mental toughness on the road, that I think we're trying to find. That's the story of our season.
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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.
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I thought we lost a lot of juice. I thought they were quicker than us tonight.
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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 think all those together broke our spirit and our belief in each other.