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
ball bit discredit effective gets jump people plays rebound skills stronger toughness work
Shavlik is a little bit stronger than people think. He can rebound the ball in traffic. Offensively, he can put the ball down on the floor. Once he gets a 15- or 16-foot jump shot, I think he can be an effective player. I think people discredit his toughness. I think as he plays a little bit more, the toughness will come out, the ball skills will come out. Right now, he?s got to work on that jump shot.
allowed early lead missed nba run shots team time
Every time you're in an NBA game, a team is going to make a run and they're going to make some shots at some point. Early on they missed a lot of shots, which allowed us to get the lead that we had.
advanced ball court execution normally quicker stretch
Their execution down the stretch was the key. They advanced the ball quicker up the court than what we're normally used to.
felt
At halftime, I felt like we had to will this one. We had to go and get it.
beat facet
They beat us in every facet of the game. The way we got beat was kind of ridiculous. After halftime, there was no effort. We have to try some different things.
allen bench gave guys hear
You could hear Allen on the bench keep saying, 'We're still there, We're still there. I think he gave a lot of guys a lot of hope.
hit pierce
(The game) got away when Pierce hit those two threes.
allen among choosing criteria high players
All I know is that among the players they have, the 22 they have chosen, Allen is in a high echelon of those players. I don't know their criteria for choosing the 22, but I know Allen is in a high echelon of those players.
ready yell
Allen's ready to go, ready to play and he's ready to yell when I take him out.
allen few guys pain tolerate
Allen is one of the few guys that can tolerate a lot of pain. If Allen can't play, you know he's really, really hurt.
allen basketball chris few great picking playing playoff seasons wins
Allen has been playing some great basketball for us and Chris is playing like he did a few seasons ago. We need to keep picking up wins if we're going to be a playoff team.
emotion emotions gone season
All the emotion is gone now. This was not the way I wanted get the season started.
amazing close games win
You won't win games by going 0-for-19, but you will never, ever win a game going 0-for-19 and 24 turnovers. It's amazing we were that close in the game.
andre defends extremely foul game gets johnny kyle nice tracy
Andre gets in foul trouble, wasn't able to play a lot of minutes, Johnny and Kyle come in and do a very nice job, and then Andre comes back in at the end of the game and defends Tracy (McGrady) extremely well.