Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
attitude coming good heard players positive second since team year
Jason's attitude about our team is as positive as I've heard him since his second year when we were coming off the Finals. When your better players think you have a good team, I think that's a very positive thing.
asset bench court extra feeling game giving good job lawrence players teammates time
So much of this game is about confidence. It's about feeling good about your teammates and yourself. I think Lawrence does a good job of recognizing that. He started giving players extra time on the court even when things weren't going great. Our bench has become an asset to us.
either interest looking options players signing
We've started looking at other options because players that we may have an interest in are either signing every day or they are about to sign.
areas coach deep defensive good key obviously players schemes sure
Those are the areas we obviously have to play well if we want to get deep back in the playoffs. We've got to do it. We've got a very good defensive coach (Lawrence Frank). I'm sure our schemes will be fine, but we have to have players who will do it. And that's the key to our team.'
attitude best good heard players positive since talk three
And if you talk to our three best players, they all think we have a good team,' ... If you talk to Jason, his attitude is as positive as I've heard since then. When your better players think you have a good team, that's a very positive thing.'
lost players
It just wasn't working out here for (Jackson). The two players that we lost weren't playing.
anybody beat four given proven seven
I think we have proven that we can beat anybody on any given night. Now, can we do it four out of seven times?
bit ended improving last paper team
We ended up improving our team, it's just a little bit different way than when we anticipated,' ... From where we ended up last year, on paper we have a better team than we had last year.'
bench good played starters
Our bench has played better, ... Our starters can play with anybody. But when our bench is going, we're a very good team.
candidates coach three top
I think he's one of the top two or three candidates for Coach of the Year.
best defend player pressure takes wing
Kidd can defend the best wing player at the end of the game, make the big pass, get the big rebound. That takes the pressure off the players.
became evident level played turn
It became evident to me that it wasn't going to turn around. We have not played to the level we anticipated playing.
achievement era far greatest individual kobe modern scoring wilt
Wilt scoring 100, to me, that's the greatest thing ever done as far as an individual achievement in the game. I don't think you ever take anything away from that. But what Kobe did in the modern day era is unbelievable to me.
excuses type
There are always extraneous things that come up every year, off-the-court things, on-the-court things, ... Those type things are more excuses than distractions.