Byron Scott Quotes (132 Quotes)

Realistically, he's not going to play a whole lot at (center), because both those guys have been productive for us. But he's still going to get his chance. The things we talked about this summer were just getting stronger and developing a post game, as well. He's a big guy with a big body, and we want him to be effective down there on the post.

I thought we came out better than we have the last five or six games. It just seems like in the last two or three minutes of each quarter, they hurt us. The Spurs are a championship team and they can really buckle down on you defensively during those stretches. The one thing I want more than anything right now is to compete and I felt like we did that tonight.

It was just too many things going on player-wise that I didn't like that I wasn't going to be able to deal with the next year. So I wasn't going to put myself in the situation. No coach wants to go through that type of stuff when you have mutiny.

I think it's important to give them a product where we go out and play extremely hard every night,

We are so weak mentally and physically. When it comes to the second half, we might as well just get on the bus because our guys don't show up. We're just not tough enough. I think a few of guys in there quit, which is very disappointing to me. And they won't be here, simple as that.

Hopefully this is something that will be uplifting and bring happiness to the fans that come to the game and cheer us on.

I think it's going to be wild and crazy. It's going to be fun. It's going to be a great atmosphere.

There's going to be games when you don't make shots. That cannot make you not defend or not hustle or not play hard on the other end of the floor. You've got to learn that in this league, OK, my shot's not falling, I can do other things to stay involved in this game and stay on the floor.

We got the shot we wanted. I think he (West) took one too many dribbles and got off-balance.

Hes got a lot more years left, and hes going to get better.

I think our guys, being in the Finals for the first time, were a little nervous. Once we relaxed and got into the game, we were OK.

Our main thing is to make sure when we come back when the All-Star break is over with, our momentum hasn't changed and we come out with the same type of intensity and aggression that we started with.

We just stunk. We got tentative, we were passing up shots. It's what we call just getting tight. The next five days of practice are going to be hell. By the end, they're going to be wishing they had a game.

It's been a fun first half. It's been tough at times. You go through growing pains (being) so young. For the most part, I've had a great time teaching these guys and trying to make them understand how this game, in my mind, should be played, and they're doing a great job.

I stop talking to people that don't listen. I'm not going to waste my breath I don't understand what more (he) wants.

I know that it's broken in two places. I would guess that he's done for the rest of the season. It's a big blow.

It's starting to get better. I thought we had some lapses in the second half. We get a little comfortable when we get a nice lead.

I had a great support system as a rookie player. I was from Los Angeles, so it was great for me to be in Los Angeles. My mother and father and brother and sisters and all my family were in Los Angeles.

I hope not. We've had adversity all year long. We just have to learn how to handle it.

We're excited. We bring in another athlete, a 7-foot athlete, 24 years old who runs and jumps and does a lot of the things that we want here. I think he'll fit in extremely well.

He gives us another guy that can really just go up and down the floor, that can fly. He just plays big-time minutes and he's a tough kid.

I don't think we can hope for that much. He'll be playing in a backup role here.

I had no expectations, to be honest, one way or the other. I thought the crowd was good. It was loud, especially when we made our run.

I thought they did a fantastic job cheering us on.

He feels pretty good, but they want to give him a couple of more days.

You hope, sooner or later, the young guys understand and get it. When you have a lead like that, you can't come out in the third quarter and think the game is over. Maybe a loss like this, when we know we should have won the game, that will do it.

You're a little shocked. You're a little disappointed. I even got angry at first. But then you have to start thinking about the person. Bird obviously needs some help in dealing with this situation, so then you start having compassion for him as a person. You stop thinking about the basketball part of it.

They've got a lot of players but three that they really rely on, especially on the offensive end, and those guys had big nights tonight. You can't trade baskets and think that you're going to outscore a team like this. We don't have the weapons to outscore them. Tonight, we didn't even give ourselves a chance.

I can't wait to get him back. Our second unit needs that point guard, needs a guy like Speedy in there.

We did a lot more running today, and a lot more drills and stations, so they didn't get a lot of rest today. I tried to keep it moving as much as possible. I had some tired guys. I could see that in them, which is a good thing to me because I know they're working.

I think the energy in the crowd has been a tremendous boost to our team. We've got a lot of young guys and they feed off that type of energy. When you have a college atmosphere and you have a young team, this is what they like to play in front of.

Kirk (Snyder) deserves a shot. Kirk works his butt off every day. He's still out here. Matter of fact, do you see J.R. (Smith had left.) That pretty much tells it. It's work ethic -- he has to work harder.