Flip Saunders Quotes

The dog days are always the 10 days prior to All-Star break. That's always a tough time. You see a lot of teams get upset because guys say, 'OK, I've got a week off, I'm going somewhere for All-Star break.' Multiply that on top of our situation of guys wondering, 'Well, am I going to be an All-Star or not?' There's always that anxiety of wondering.

- Flip Saunders

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It's an old coaching adage, something the old-timers used to tell all the young coaches. Do what teams do to you press a pressing team zone a zone team run on a running team. If you take what is their strength and make it your own, you can get into their heads a little bit. - Flip Saunders

You saw both teams as basically who they are -- meat-and-potato teams. Maybe this is why the game wasn't hyped as much. This is what basketball was meant to be like -- play defense, play team basketball. - Flip Saunders