Q: Matt what were some of the things the guys learned from the NY trip?

A. (fairly accurate paraphrase) ... a lot of things... we learned a LOT of little things... what to do and how to act on the court and off the court, as basketball players, as team mates and as people

It's probably nothing, but I couldn't keep myself from reading into that.

Fox postgame with MacLean (paraphrase):
I have not seen competitive spirit everywhere, so not as many guys played.

Dear big c: what did you read into that??

Dear Late hit: Not a good sign..either some of his players don't belong, or they are not being properly motivated...not impressed either way.

Dear helltopay1: It was the "off the court" and "as team mates and as people" (again, "quotes" are from my memory, plus I was driving) that struck me that maybe there were some things that happened in the Big Apple (obviously not major things, or we would have already heard more).

LateHit said:

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Fox postgame with MacLean (paraphrase):
I have not seen competitive spirit everywhere, so not as many guys played.

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I don't like the sound of this!!

Bradley also mentioned something to the effect of the team showing up in NYC with the attitude of playing and competing, but not necessarily of winning.

Big C said:

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Q: Matt what were some of the things the guys learned from the NY trip?

A. (fairly accurate paraphrase) ... a lot of things... we learned a LOT of little things... what to do and how to act on the court and off the court, as basketball players, as team mates and as people

It's probably nothing, but I couldn't keep myself from reading into that.

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I wouldn't want Matt peeved at me even in the slightest.

"what to do and how to act on the court and off the court, as basketball players, as team mates and as people"

is a beautiful statement (like a really good coach) no matter the underlying meaning.

helltopay1 said:

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Dear Late hit: Not a good sign..either some of his players don't belong, or they are not being properly motivated...not impressed either way.

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Perhaps, HTP, but I think he was more pointing out that some players weren't as motivated in practice during the week. After all, they had just had a grueling 4 games in 9 days with a trip to NYC thrown in. It seemed to me, however, that the rotation seemed pretty normal. Brown didn't play much in the 2nd half, but Fox noted that he just didn't have a great game. Otherwise, the starting lineup was the same, Kelly played, obviously Austin played, as did Thorpe (although only limited minutes), JHD and Gordon also played. So no big deal in my view.

UrsaMajor said:

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helltopay1 said:

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Dear Late hit: Not a good sign..either some of his players don't belong, or they are not being properly motivated...not impressed either way.

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Perhaps, HTP, but I think he was more pointing out that some players weren't as motivated in practice during the week. After all, they had just had a grueling 4 games in 9 days with a trip to NYC thrown in. It seemed to me, however, that the rotation seemed pretty normal. Brown didn't play much in the 2nd half, but Fox noted that he just didn't have a great game. Otherwise, the starting lineup was the same, Kelly played, obviously Austin played, as did Thorpe (although only limited minutes), JHD and Gordon also played. So no big deal in my view.

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I think one of the radio announcers said that Brown was recovering from the flu and indicated he might not be 100% yet.