Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Adam Frank is an American professional basketball coach who is currently working as the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He formerly served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the Nets, and has been an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and the Nets...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 August 1970
attacking bunch fall gets guy hardly hell hurting keeps last maybe missed shots sleep takes won
(Carter) missed a bunch of shots he makes every day. The guy takes a hell of a fall and he keeps on attacking the rim. If we would have won maybe that would have been a story line, that the guy gets up from hurting (himself) where he could hardly sleep last night.
great opportunity playoffs win
It's a great opportunity to play because in the playoffs you never know what's going to happen. It's a great opportunity for these guys, and we still would like to win these games.
guys picture ready trying
The big picture is we're trying to get ready for the playoffs. You want to keep guys healthy.
basketball continue good habits minutes practice regardless result
It's important we continue to practice good habits regardless of what the result is because as we go on, we'll wean minutes down for some guys. But it's still important we're doing what Nets basketball is all about.
nice
It's just nice to see we've grown. We are getting better.
ahead coach counter driving shoes step team
As a coach you try to put yourself in their shoes and see what you're doing and how they may counter it, and see if there's anything you can do to be one step ahead without driving your team nuts.
defense fueled kept
Their defense fueled their offense. They kept making stops.
found nice shoot win
They aren't all masterpieces but we found a way to win. It's nice that you can win and shoot 39 percent.
attitude chemistry habit
We will be at our best when times are at their worst because of our habits, attitude and chemistry.
basketball team winning
Winning is the first priority. Individual development is important, but if each guy gets better, the team gets better
basketball heart player
You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you
defense guy heart lose offense team
The heart and will that this guy has is unbelievable. His defense on Kobe, his assertiveness on offense -- he would not let our team lose tonight. He put us on his back.
educated extremely game great guy
The guy has been in great gyms. He is extremely well educated in the game of basketball.
effort great start sustained tonight
The effort here tonight was tremendous. We got off to a great start and sustained it.