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
closet guy love three voting
I have been voting for this guy as an all-star for three years. I am no closet fan. I am an out-there fan. I love the way he plays, and he is a guy you really fear.
coming game needs rhythm
His conditioning for the game is getting where it needs to be and his rhythm is coming back.
came clear early minutes six
Jamaal came in early and went and shot, said he wanted to give it a shot, but after six minutes it was clear he wasn't 100 percent.
disrupt frequency group high momentum stick
The group that was out there was going good. I didn't want to disrupt that momentum at that point. You're getting into a high frequency of games. If you find a group that's clicking, you have to stick with them.
finding gave great guys hanging ourselves played stepped
I thought our guys showed a lot guts, hanging and finding a way to claw back in the game. Jermaine O'Neal was great and we had a lot of other guys who stepped up and played big. We had a chance, we gave ourselves a chance.
certainly everybody happy side speak winning
I think I speak for everybody when I say that we like winning better than we like losing. We're certainly happy to get on the winning side of a game. It's been a while.
affected guys losing love moods winning
He's here to play, he's here to win, ... His moods are much more affected by winning and losing than anything else. I love having guys like that.
pick speed today
We went through and did things two-thirds speed (Friday) without any collisions. We got a sweat. Today we were able to pick it up a little bit.
condition decision half heavy ice minutes position practice trying
We're trying to condition him into a position where he can play with consistency. My decision was to play him heavy minutes the first half and then ice him down, have him for practice tomorrow.
address basketball good team
We have to be honest; we're not a very good basketball team right now. We have to address things that need to be addressed.
against basketball brand guy looked playing superhuman
We're going up against a guy who's playing a superhuman brand of basketball. He's looked invincible.
certainly changes complexion game goes scheme
We had a whole scheme set up to double-team him. He goes out of the game, it certainly changes the complexion of the game for their team.
concerns games starting win
We're going to have to win a lot of games, starting with getting our first win, and that's really the only thing that concerns me right now.
good
When we had good shots, we couldn't get them to go. We weren't good enough tonight, and they were very good, really, for the whole game.