I just told him, the first day I got here, I`ll make his job look easy. The stuff he does, I`ll make it come easy to him.
When we don`t come out with energy, we get our butts kicked. If we`re going to be a good team, we can`t come out and lay eggs like this on the road.
It affects me a little bit because I`m used to having the ball 90 percent of the time on the court, but I can`t use that as an excuse at all. I`ve got to find a way. I`m getting shots that I normally make, but they`re not going in. I just can`t go 1-for-12 and expect us to be successful.
Who would have thought that about us before the season. I`m proud of where we`re at. But we need our whole team together. Corey can`t do what I can do, I can`t do what Corey can do.
Well, sorry for them, but we`re not going to be in the lottery this year. If this team doesn`t have injuries, we`re not going to be a part of that.
We didn`t come out with the aggressiveness we need to be successful. We need to win the hustle game and we didn`t. When you see who wins the hustle game, you don`t need to look at the box score.
Vince Carter is such a great player that we need two guys to try to stop him. When we got there to try to stop him, we got there too late and he either made the shot or we fouled him.
Mike expects so much from us, and I think it`s the first year that he really has that feeling it`s something special. He has the right to feel that way because he`s been around for a long, long time, coaching and playing the game. He understands what it`s going to take for us to be successful.
He`s very solid and underrated. He doesn`t mind that as long as he gets respect from his peers.
I can`t go 1 for 12 and expect my team to win.