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All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

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How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes? ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#better #day #doing #eighth #every

I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#i #i believe #i believe in #make #players

I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

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I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#better #bodies #coaching #communicates #develop

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#francis #larry #player #steve #thought

It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

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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. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#ball #been #better #completion #course

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. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#be patient #contracts #decided #either #expect

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. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

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