“We really wanted to go inside and get a presence inside.”
Brian Grun
“Everybody you talked to about our team would tell you we had no presence whatsoever inside. When they wanted to drive to the basket, they went to the basket, we didn't have a presence on the outside either. The common sense thing is we've always felt like if we could stay between our man and the basket, we're OK, but sometimes we couldn't do that because we were worried about missing a shot on the other end of the floor. There has to be a commitment to do that.”
Jerry Sloan
“You can see what he's able to do for our team (as an) inside-outside presence as a post player. He's basically the only guy who's been able to do that for us this season. You can see, when he's healthy, what he's able to do for our team. We can become a little bit of a different team.”
Tommy Amaker
“We wanted to get the ball to Gray down low. We wanted the inside presence, and feed off him.”
Carl Krauser
“We just didn't hit any shots tonight, we shot very poorly against their zone and we had no inside presence.”
Jim Shannon
“I still think we need a physical presence inside. We've got length, but not enough girth inside. We need some bodies there. You can argue whether or not we need another shooter, somebody who can knock down consistent shots coming off screens. Those are the areas of concern.”
Otis Smith
“The presence of any Israeli soldier inside the Lebanese borders would mean the violation of the borders drawn by the U.N., and I'll file a complaint to the Security Council then,”
Kofi Annan
