Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman
Richard Leonard "Rick" Adelmanis an American retired professional basketball player and head coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He served as head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 June 1946
CityLynwood, CA
aggressive coming kevin practice shots taking
Kevin is coming out aggressive and taking the shots that are there. We see it every day, now he's just transferring it from practice to the games.
coming compete expect group guys job knew nobody sustain together
There's nobody we can't go out and compete against. But again, it's such a new group. I always knew what to expect with the group in the past, but I don't know what to expect if we keep winning. Are we going to be able to sustain it and make it? These guys have done an unbelievable job of coming together as a team.
attacking basket mike nice ron worked
Ron was attacking the basket and getting (inside). Mike was good, too. They worked well together. It was a nice all-around game.
easier fortunate kept lead shots team
They're a team that will get you lulled into their pace. We were fortunate we kept the lead and we made some shots (late). We could have made it a lot easier and that's what we have to do.
criteria league move office
I had no idea this was going to happen. But the criteria is set by the league office, and so that's the way it is. We have to move on.
anticipate seems shooting
I did not anticipate them shooting threes that well. It seems like they've all got it going at once. If they're going to go 12 for 26 every game, it's going to be really tough.
came guy huge kenny leaving
Kenny came up huge in the end. He was the guy that they were leaving open.
brad constant guys injuries mike needed shot
He made big shot after big shot, and we needed it. With the injuries and everything else, Mike and Brad have to be the two guys that are constant for us.
brad good happens mike offense team
Our offense is not going to be very good if Mike and Brad don't play very well. When that happens with the team we have (at the moment), it's hard.
afternoon approach believe expect feelings handled seven
He has handled this thing this afternoon well and I think he will handle it (Wednesday). You can't expect him not to have some feelings about this. I believe he will approach things the way he has for seven years.
brad mike playing struggle year
I've said all year if we don't have Mike and Brad playing well we're going to struggle.
draws effort floor goes good guy guys pushing quality says younger
He has a quality about him that draws other guys into it -- the way they play, the effort they put on. He's always pushing. He's pushing the younger guys, saying, 'That's not good enough.' When a guy says that and then goes out on the floor and does it, it has an impact.
envision trying
I didn't envision anything. At the time, we were just trying to right the ship. I didn't really know what was going to happen.
match
I don't even want to think about that, we need to get there (the playoffs) first. Who does match up well with them - Detroit?