http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/0 ... ching.html
We’ve got to make DeSagana (Diop) better. He has a lot of work to do because, quite honestly, you can’t trade his contract."
Then why did you make the front office go out and get him!!
First thing is we’ve got to make the young kids better. We need to find out about Alexis (Ajinca, who was injured much of the season), With Gerald (Henderson), Derrick (Brown), Tyrus (Thomas) and D.J. (Augustin) we’ve got a lot of good, young kids. We have to coach them up and evaluate them.
Maybe actually playing them might help???
"We have to make Tyson (Chandler) better. This will be his first summer in a long time when he’ll be healthy. That’s a great thing, so he can just focus on basketball.
On Stephen Jackson:
"I think…he needs to lose a lot of weight if he’s going to play shooting guard for us or small forward. At Golden State he had to play everywhere – play upfront at the (power forward) position. Now, as he gets older, the most important thing for him is to get lighter again. But he can play a lot of spots and does things you can’t teach."
-- On Jackson’s Alpha Male persona offensively:
"I tried to talk to him a lot about deferring to his teammates early so that they can make a shot or make a play. That gives them a lot of confidence. Then, late in the game, when (others) do have to make plays, the fact that they’ve been involved makes it easier.
"You want guys with that sense of responsibility, but you need to channel that in the right direction."
