Rondo's a great player, and most teams look at it that anytime you have a chance to get a great player, you do it.

Stan Van Gundy

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Sometimes expanding your game isn't better. Sometimes shrinking your game is a little bit better and really get to the things you do well.

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Josh Smith, put in the right spots, is an outstanding player. You put Josh down on the right block, in the low post or even on a short isolation - 12 feet, 15 feet from the basket - he can get to the rim. He's outstanding. He's not only a very willing passer but an outstanding passer. I think it's the best part of Josh's game.

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I've always believed that. I'm not a guy who comes in with an offensive system, and we try to fit guys to it. I think it goes the other way. 'Here's who we've got. Let's put them in the right spots where they can be productive.'

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If I'm going to be grinding, then I want to coach. If I'm not going to be coaching, I want to be semi-retired, at least.

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I actually feel sorry for people who have nothing to do on Christmas Day other than watch an NBA game.

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I think we get a little carried away with ourselves with sports thinking we're more important than everything else.

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Christmas to me, obviously, basketball is very important to me, but there are some days of the year where it's got to take a back seat to something.

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The league has been good to all of us in terms of what we get out of all these TV contracts and everything, so it would be a little disingenuous to complain too much. But if I had my way, we'd take a five-day break at Christmas. I mean it.

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We've changed a lot of things to help certain groups of people. We widened the lane from 6 feet to 12 feet to 16 feet to make it so the big guys aren't as dominant. Well, why didn't we just say, 'You've got to learn to play against them in the post?'

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We tried to get the ball in the hands of our best players, zion and Brandon had the ball all the time and they did a good job. They made plays, and that’s what you rely on them to do. ... Right now, they’re really trusting their teammates and their teammates are delivering.