Isiah Thomas

I don't know if we have great teachers in our game.

And remember that in order to be a coach back then, you had to have dual degrees.

You had to have a master's degree, and then you were called a teacher.

And the coaches back then, they referred to themselves as teachers first.

And then a coach.

Right now, we have a lot of teachers.

I mean, we have a lot of coaches, but we don't really have teachers.

So when you talk about Kareem's fundamental base in that shot, who is taking the time to really teach it and who knows how to teach it?

I've never gone through anything like that, and very rarely have we seen it in the history of our game, right?

So they will be...

they would be a first to see how a team bounces back.

Because I can't think of a playoff situation where a team has lost a 22-point lead with seven minutes to go on the road in a game one, and now you got to come back and regroup in a game two.

and think you're going to beat that team after you've had your shot.

So I don't know how they regroup.

You know, I expect them to go down 2-0, and hopefully they can come back at home and regroup.

But trying to regroup on the road, that's going to be tough, if almost impossible.

I was stupid.

I was dead.

Don't ask me what was I thinking.

The only thing that I am so thankful of is that Rick Mahorn looked at me and kind of chuckled and was like,