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.
three trade
We will get what we have to get. We're not going to trade those three guys.
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.'
best care guards guys jason knows playing point shots three
Jason is so unselfish, doesn't care if he ever scores, knows where to get other guys the ball. Everyone knows they're going to get their shots playing with him. He's still one of the best one, two or three point guards in the league.
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?
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.
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.
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.
everybody guys help order playing thinks wants win
With players, everybody wants to play, ... Everybody would like to get playing time. You've got to be able to do what you need to do in order to play. Obviously, from the coach's standpoint, he's going to play guys he thinks are going to help him win the game.
prove
We never fined anybody. How do you prove it?