380 Quotes by Scott Skiles

Tonight was similar to other games we have played lately. We had our chances and weren't able to make plays when we had those chances.

I thought it was a great effort. Tyson was a big lift. I thought maybe that he had his best game of the year.

It really bothered him in the San Antonio game.

I told the guys after the game, 'I'm going to find the lineups, as best I can, that'll help us win the game.

The opportunities we had to see him play big minutes -- when Brad Miller went down, he was forced into the starting lineup with Sacramento -- he played well in that role. He knows and we know that's not a role he's necessarily comfortable in. But he's shown the ability to shoot the ball well. We weren't really sure what kind of a defender he was going to be. We've been pleasantly surprised with the way he's come in and picked up our concepts and things we're trying to execute.

I thought it was a great effort. Tyson (Chandler) was a big lift. I thought he had his best game of the year. Our game was proactive and most importantly, we got a lot of rebounds and second chance opportunities.

We have a bunch of guys who basically have to decide if they want to be sort of the typical NBA player, which nowadays is more of an excuse-maker and a blamer and has his agent telling him how great he is. There's not a lot of realism in that. Or, do you want to fight and scrap and claw for wins? I'm confident that our guys will eventually get that message.

I told the guys a couple of days ago that whoever I thought played the best the next two days is going to start, so that's what we did.

I thought he showed some flashes of what stuff he could do. He scored around the basket and showed a nice touch on a perimeter shot. I was happy to be able to give him as many minutes.