Stu Jackson
Stu Jackson
Stuart Wayne "Stu" Jacksonis an American former head coach and the former Executive Vice President in the National Basketball Association. He has coached two different NBA teams: the New York Knicks in 1990 and 1991, and the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1997 and served as the Grizzlies' general manager. Currently, Jackson serves as the Associate Commissioner for the Big East...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
brings control danger enters light lose player situation spectator
It brings to light the danger when a player enters the spectator stands. At that point, we lose control of the situation and anything could have happened.
benefit players teams
This is really going to benefit the players and teams in our league,
decided happy missed
I was happy working for the N.B.A., but to be honest, I decided that I'd probably get back into coaching. I missed the teaching, I missed the games, I missed the competition.
certainly deal emphasis great last stayed year
Last year certainly there was a great deal of emphasis on the forearm check, just as there is this year. But that has stayed about the same this year.
attack giving higher incentive led major percentage quality shots teams
I'd have to say it's been a major factor. It's giving teams incentive to attack the basket, which has led to higher percentage shots and better quality shots.
bench came case clearly leave onto players ron rule says
It was straightforward. Our rule says the players can't leave the vicinity of the bench area. In this case Ron clearly came onto the floor.
best certainly close maintain nba necessary team tie tried
We tried to as best we could to maintain affiliations in close proximity, ... We certainly are not going to get every necessary tie between an NBA D-League team and an NBA team.
aware clean further violation
We're not going to suspend him immediately. We will make him aware of the violation and tell him to clean up his act. If he doesn't, we'll take further action.
case circumstance family felt incident looked needed recognize saying stands
We are saying you can't go in the stands under any circumstances. But we recognize in this case Antonio, when he looked up into the crowd, felt his family needed some assistance. And we did take that into consideration, as we do circumstances around every incident we review.
followed hard looking player reviewed severity whether wound
We're looking at the severity of the conduct, whether a player wound up and followed through. It was a hard foul, but I did not feel it was flagrant -- and I've reviewed hundreds of these.
sea messages circumstances
The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it.
technology player nba
I don't know concretely if it's due to superstition, but any time a new rule is implemented into the NBA or a new piece of equipment or a new technology, there is always a transition and adjustment period by players and coaches and anyone involved with the game.
above player sports standard uniform wear worn
There is a standard, as to how a player is to wear his uniform. There is a standard in all sports as to how a uniform is to be worn and our standard is that the shorts, in particular, are to be worn above the knee.
considered foul
When the foul is to the head, it's considered much more serious.