Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
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.
athlete good help hopeful moments
He's a good athlete who has had some moments in the league. We're hopeful he can give us some help on our bench.
elbow game games high knee missed operation practice problem school
He had a knee operation when he was in high school. He's never missed a game with the knee problem in the N.B.A.; never missed a practice or game. The only thing he's ever missed any games for in the N.B.A. was for an elbow operation.
man obviously talented
I think with Dajuan, he's obviously a very talented young man,
assume conversation far indication join property wants
I don't have any indication one way or the other right now, but I assume that he will join the team, ... As far as I'm concerned, he's property of the Nets. Obviously, he has the prerogative of retiring, but we're going to have a conversation with him and see what transpires. I don't think he wants to retire.
draws force good help low player rotation
He's a good shooter, he's a force down low and draws a lot of fouls. We feel he's a player who can play in our rotation and help us.
complete lost piece puzzle quality works
He was a big piece to our puzzle and a quality player. So if it works out that we don't complete the trade, then we've lost a quality player.
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.
determination left people
All things being equal, you want people that want to play for you. The determination is, what does he have left in his game?
harder load teams
Before, teams would load up on (Carter). Now it is much harder to do that.
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.
work
It just wasn't working out here for him. In assessing it, I don't think it was going to work out for him here. That was part of it.