We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things.
From Isaiah Thomas
We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.
We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.
My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game.
My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.
Most players in this league say they want consistency.
Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.
It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?
Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on.
I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team.
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