Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" Bickerstaffis an American basketball coach. He previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets/Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, and Los Angeles Lakers. He has also been an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 February 1944
forward looking season
I'm looking forward to Wednesday, that's when the season ends. I am looking forward to relaxation.
capacity hope next serve
I'm just going to let things happen. I hope to serve you in some capacity next year.
basketball difference worthy
If there's something worthy and makes a difference in your basketball team, you have to have the flexibility to do it. That's where we are.
beat close guys player
If there's something out there that's close to what Gerald represents, something's wrong, because I think that player is already in the league. I think the guys are beat up right now, but we have to recover.
weapons
They've just got so many weapons that somehow, someone's going to make a play.
bottom guys interested
I'm not interested in the bottom-feeding guys. The guys that aren't in the playoffs, we're all bottom feeders.
move
It's disappointing. But we've got to find a way to move on.
beginning energy games job six
The beginning of the third, we didn't get anything done. After six games and two weeks, we didn't have the energy to get the job done.
beginning quarter third
The beginning of the third quarter was atrocious.
against balance basketball good patience shared stretch team utah
The balance was really good. They shared the basketball and that is what you really have to do against Utah because they play really good team defense. I thought down the stretch our patience was really good. We didn't panic.
alarm clock hung intensity match second shots stop until
The alarm clock didn't go off until the second half. We didn't match their intensity on defense. We got hung up in fool's gold. Some shots were going in but we didn't stop anybody.
call function game gets heck personal problem understanding
That is the problem with us. It gets personal with us because we don't get a call and we're up 10 or 15 points, to heck with the call...I really think it's a function of not understanding that it's about the game and not about the individual.
excellent huge present problem taken
Taken individually they are all excellent players. Collectively they are going to present a huge problem now, in the playoffs, whenever.
ball impossible limit myriad obviously rebounds ways
It's impossible to limit him. He can go get the ball with rebounds and there is just a myriad of ways for him to get possessions and obviously they put the ball in his hands.