Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Darnell Stackhouseis an American retired professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Associationand currently works as an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors. He has also worked as an NBA TV analyst...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 November 1974
CityKinston, NC
element flow game needles pins sitting starting waiting year
I like starting the game, getting into a flow early. It's like sitting on pins and needles waiting to get into the game off the bench. I've done it for a year and half. It was cool, but I feel more in my element (starting).
missed plays win
There were some botched plays and missed dunks. ... You have to win like that sometimes.
couple glad hit last rose shot sure
I was able to make sure we got the last shot and I rose up and hit it. I had a couple before that I thought were going down, but I'm glad I got the one that counted.
bruce himself letting skin
Dirk wasn't himself in letting Bruce Bowen kind of get under his skin a little bit. He's better than that. We're better than that.
bruise brush egos everywhere people wrong
He's going to bruise some egos and brush some people the wrong way. He has everywhere he's been.
thankful time
I'm just thankful the time has come for me to be out there.
couple taken
If I'd made a couple more shots, and Damp hadn't taken away all my rebounds, I'd have had a triple-double.
deliver depth good guys night pressure score speaks
It speaks to the depth of our team. Guys are going to have off nights. Dirk's going to deliver more often than not, but it's good that he doesn't feel pressure every night to score 25 or 30 points.
coming continue feels few gets hopefully maybe people playing shots starting
I like playing with Damp. People make a lot about him being out of the starting lineup and coming off the bench, but I think he feels comfortable playing with me because he gets a few more shots maybe than he gets in the starting lineup. So it's been working out well. Hopefully we can continue to get better.
couple games last maybe opening quite year
None, quite frankly. Maybe a couple games just to get some rhythm. But it's not important. I didn't play in the preseason last year either, and I was there on opening night.
maybe suited team
You're going to find out right away that he's going to do it his way, and if not, then maybe another team is better suited for you.
attack couple drew good hit
Avery called a timeout and drew up some things for us to attack the zone. We did it a couple of times, got some good looks, and Dirk hit some big 3s.
bad defensive everybody game guy held leash offensive pulls seldom taking
Have I come out of the game making a defensive mistake? Yeah. He doesn't really discriminate. Everybody is held accountable ... He seldom pulls a guy for an offensive mistake, taking a bad shot, anything like that. The leash is shorter on the defensive end.
heartbeat knows pushes
Avery is the heartbeat of our team. He knows what we need. He pushes the right buttons.