Rick Carlisle
Rick Carlisle
Richard Preston "Rick" Carlisleis the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He has also served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons and was previously a player in the NBA. He is also one of only 11 people to win an NBA championship both as a player and as a coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 October 1959
CityOgdensburg, NY
ability defensive feet game good
Early, you could tell he was getting his feet under him. As the game went on, you could see the things he has the ability to do offensively and defensively. He's going to be a very good defensive player.
best detroit dropped fighting fights-and-fighting game motivated record
Detroit is very motivated for a lot of reasons. They're fighting for the best record in the league. They dropped a game to us, which will make them more motivated to win. We have to play our game and play it well.
attention double drawing great happens impact passing proof seven
Jermaine is drawing so much attention now, he's going to have a great impact on what happens offensively. Not only when he's scoring, but when he's passing out of double teams. Seven assists and no turnovers is proof of that.
continue good hitting league level missed player stride success top
Jermaine is a top player in this league and we all know he's missed a lot of games. Fortunately he's hitting his stride at a good time. We need him to continue to play at that kind of level for us to have success in the series.
talk trade
There is no trade right now and there may not be a trade. There's nothing to talk about because there is no trade.
biggest bird challenge dogs frankly hunting involved
It's the biggest challenge we have, and frankly everyone involved in bird dogs and quail hunting have.
certain game moved warming
Before the game when (Foster) was warming up, before we went out for real warm-ups, he moved a certain way and it went out on him.
chance consistency danny developing extended fortunate keeping learned organized relative
Danny is fortunate he's had the chance to really get some extended time, a chance to be a starter, to come off the bench, and he's learned a lot of what it's about. It's about developing a routine, not just relative to basketball, but relative to day-to-day life. Like keeping things organized and (perfecting) that. If you can do that and have some consistency with it, you can be successful.
full playoffs second tonight undoing ways
Our undoing tonight was the second quarter. In the playoffs you've got to play a full 48 minutes. We're still working on it. We've got a ways to go.
earn player quality time work
Those things work their way out. One thing about getting another quality player is you're going to have to earn your time on the court.
games group
With 15 games left, we have to get to the group we feel can make a run.
everybody face five games mode playoff separating three win
With 18 games left, I think everybody is getting into a playoff mode here. Let's face it, from five on down to eight, there's going to be two or three games separating (the teams). So each win is really vital.
afford available hard minutes playoff rest
We just can't afford not to have him available to play 38 to 40 minutes in a playoff game. It just makes it too hard on the rest of our team.
affects clear deal distort happen juices league player talking thinking trying
We're talking about it, we're trying to deal with it. I think we'll get there. It's just important for any player in this league not to let his competitive juices distort clear thinking and have something happen that affects the team.