The season hasn't exactly gone as planned, has it?
Elton getting hurt and replacing Mo, those were big changes. I'm not happy with the record. You are what your record is. It doesn't matter who you put out there. We feel we have the talent to play better and more consistent than we have.
We're not a good free-throw-shooting team. And it's no secret we're not a good three-point shooting team. That usually spells disaster. We have to do better.
You said you are what your record is. Doesn't the same principle apply to the players? If they can't shoot threes, they're not suddenly going to become bombers. Don't you have to change the roster to fix deficiencies?
You do it two ways. We're young. As we get older, the young guys will get better. They'll work on their shots. We like our young nucleus. And we'll tweak at other spots.
Brand was one of the tweaks you made in the off-season. Would you make that same move again?
The majority of people around here were for it. Has he been injured often in the last few years? Yes. But is he injury-prone? No. That's a freak accident to come down on your shoulder. We're anxious to see what happens when we put him back in the lineup. We don't feel it was a mistake.
Before he went down, did you ever consider trading Brand?
No. That never happened.
Why do you think Andre Iguodala started playing better once Brand was out of the lineup?
Iguodala got off to a slow start. But it wasn't because we put him at two or three. Getting to know each other is important. People want to point fingers at Elton, but Elton wasn't around when we didn't play well after the break.
So it's possible Iguodala will move back to shooting guard when Brand returns?
