Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Edward "Mo" Cheeksis an American retired professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. He was the head coach of the Detroit Pistons from June 10, 2013, to February 9, 2014 and has also served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 September 1956
CityChicago, IL
consistent discredit effective gets jump people
Once he gets a consistent jump shot, he can be a much more effective player, ... I think people discredit his toughness. He has to keep working on his jump shot.
game impact itself normally
Once he got his rhythm, he was back doing the things that he normally does. The impact he has on the game itself is unreal.
kindness
It's kind of been the same story for a while.
attention chance realizing win
It's just a little more attention to detail. It's realizing if we're going to have a chance to win games, we're going to have to defend.
comeback game lose shame
It's a shame that we lose a game like that after having to make a comeback like that.
remember time
It was captivating, ... It was a long time ago, and I can remember it like it was yesterday.
beat easy ourselves trying
It's always easy when you get beat to beat ourselves up. We're going to keep trying, keep working.
beat couple defense easy last offense ourselves
It's always easy when we get beat to beat ourselves up. We've got to get better on defense and our offense has slipped the last couple games. We're going to get there.
control happen
It makes me look like I'm not in control, which I am, but it makes me look like that. It will be addressed and it will not happen again.
couple games last playing
Not at all. We just need to play the way we have been playing the last couple of games.
andre ball guys hands night offense
Not everyone can be a hitter, or shooter, or part of an offense every night. There are some guys that have to be different things at different times and sometimes Andre is that guy. Certainly, we'd like to put the ball in his hands a little more.
It was OK. There was no, 'Several players, this and that.' Nothing of the sort. I don't think there's any dissension.
allen four miss player time
Any time you don't have a player like Allen play for four consecutive games, you're going to miss him. You're going to miss his scoring, his drive, a lot of things.
continue good happen lose mental state time turn win
Any time you lose and you continue to lose, you take it. You have to have something good happen to you to turn your mental state over, and the only way you do that is to win a game. As you continue to lose, you feel it.