Wayne Embry
Wayne Embry
Wayne Richard Embryis a retired American basketball player; a center/forward whose 11-year career spanned from 1958 to 1969. He played for the Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, all of the NBA...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 March 1937
team transition
We are a team in transition and need to play our young guys.
anderson drafted energetic knight winning year
Sometimes you don't know where winning comes from. One year in Cleveland, we drafted Brevin Knight and Derek Anderson and I'll be damned if we didn't win 47 games. When you get young, enthusiastic energetic players, you can do some things.
blend build chris drafted future hope kids similar
I look at this as similar to that situation, ... There's hope here. I feel hope. Chris Bosh is a future superstar. The kids drafted should blend in with him. That's something to build around, build together.
coaches developed experience good guess pressures
My experience with coaches over the years is that after games, after losses, or under the pressures of the job, they need to vent. Over the years, I guess I've developed good ears.
advance bold bring franchise goal grateful positive possibly realize recognize rob steer steps tough towards type ultimate winning
This is kind of tough for me because Rob recommended that the organization bring me. I'm very grateful for that. I will try to steer franchise towards the ultimate goal of winning a championship. Of course, that's a long way away, I realize that. But if we can make positive steps during my interim ? and in bold type interim ? role, I want to do everything I can possibly do to advance this franchise. We are in transition; I recognize that.
bring older trying youth
We're trying to bring in young players, not older players. We're on a youth movement.
enthusiasm few involved knew looked needed oldest potential sixth team teams time
We looked at this team and where we were and knew it was time to rebuild. We were the sixth oldest team in the league. We needed youth, enthusiasm and potential ... I've been involved with teams like this a few times. We did it in Milwaukee. We did it in Cleveland. We can do it here.
best chance playoff respect team transition
We are a team in transition and need to play our young guys. Out of respect to Aaron, I thought it best for him to be with a team where he has a chance to play and that is in a playoff hunt.