Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan
Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloanis an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history." Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 March 1942
basketball believe decent earlier execute group guys longer nuances offense pick played playing regardless season shot team time together tough younger
I think we do believe in the offense now. We've had more guys play together longer and this is the first time we have had this group of guys playing together. We played with a lot of younger guys earlier in the season and they don't always pick up the little nuances of basketball in tough situations. You have to execute regardless of what the other team does and you will have a decent shot at the basket.
dallas gets good guys hard inside pass playing shoot stop whatever
I thought our guys were playing hard tonight. I really thought we were playing hard. Dallas gets to it and they get whatever they want and go inside and really take it to you. They've got guys that can put it on the floor, they got a lot guys that can pass and they got guys that can shoot it out on the floor. You have to be really good to try to stop them.
bags guys looked
Our guys looked like they had their bags packed at halftime.
business guys hope huge kept learned
Our guys kept thinking, 'We have a chance. We have a chance.' That is so huge in this business. I hope we learned something from that tonight.
basket defense good guys job keeping matter played shoot top tough
I thought he (Palacio) played pretty well. He played defense well, which is tough no matter which of those guys you put him on. The important thing is we did a good job of keeping them on top of the basket and made them shoot over the top of us.
block boards difference guys line missing second shots trying understand win
We just couldn't do anything with them in overtime. I can understand guys missing shots, but I don't understand not being able to block them off the boards and give them second shots while we're trying to win a ballgame. They got to the free-throw line and we didn't. That was the difference in the game.
fought guys looked points running second seven six within
We kind of fought back a little in the second half. We got to within six or seven points and then they just annihilated us. Our big guys just looked like they were running in mud.
ball guys hard last lost night played waxed
We were in the ball game. I thought our guys played pretty hard. We got waxed pretty hard last night (a 110-85 lost to Cleveland), but I thought our guys played pretty hard tonight, but that's the way it goes.
ball basket free great guys passing ready team throw throws
Give (the Heat) credit, because they're a great team. They've got guys who can get to the basket and get to the free throw line. We don't have a guy who can get 20 free throws a night. So how are we going to play? We've got to do it from a team concept, by passing the ball and being ready to pass it.
again guys job wants whatever
He should be upset. I was upset, too ? but my job is to try to get these guys to go play again (tonight). He always has the right to do whatever he wants to do. I know that.
assignment ball complement guys terrific tough
He is a tough assignment for anybody. He's a terrific player. He can put the ball on the floor. And they've got the right complement for him: They've got guys that can make 3-point shots.
guys hungry job responsibility sure takes team tougher toughness whatever
I had said it would be a big disappointment if the team didn't make the playoffs. I'm not sure that we have enough guys that are hungry enough to want to be in the playoffs. The toughness to be able to get there sometimes doesn't show up. I take responsibility for that. That's my job to make them tougher or whatever it takes for them to be able to play.
break concept executing guys hard instead shoot team time touch
Guys are not getting enough shots. Shoot every time they touch it. Instead of executing the play, they break every play down. It's pretty hard to have any kind of team concept with that.
confidence confident floor fought great grew guys knowledge level spell threw time watched
He's a very confident guy, but I probably got into his confidence level a little bit. The important thing to me was he fought threw that little spell we had and his confidence grew and grew. He can see a lot of things on the floor not many guys can see. I've been around a long time and watched a lot of different guys play this game. He has great knowledge of basketball.