Brian Hill Quotations | Page 3

The one thing we did feel was that he was the right type of player to play alongside of Dwight.

I've said all along that the key thing is that we finish up this season on a positive note so that these guys feel good about themselves and feel good about what we can accomplish next year. That's the biggest impetus and with the way we're finishing up, I think everybody feels the same way, that this team has a chance to be a real nice basketball team if we continue to work at it.

He's a talented young man and wants to be able to do everything right now. But you have to take it in steps, and there's a natural progression to everything. To me, it's better to be extremely good in one area and then move on to another area, rather than just being mediocre.

He's done a great job this season and he's done a great job over the last few weeks. He's come along on both ends of the floor and that's something that we've really needed.

He's doing more than he's ever had to really do before, in terms of thinking about the game and playing all the parts of the game. And to combine that with chasing down every rebound, that's a credit to him that he's able to keep that pace.

There sure are a lot of people getting nosebleeds up at this height ... Investors may be pulling back from the table.

It might have been our best half of basketball defensively all year long.

It's a real shame we couldn't win our last home game and keep our streaks going. Chicago showed why they are going to the playoffs. I feel I didn't do a good job coaching. It was a disappointing game.

It's all going to be decided in Game 82. Those six, seven and eight spots are going to be decided on the last day of the year.

I tell the guys we've got to take care of our own business, and we're either going to get help from somebody else or not.