Nick Nurse Quotes

I do realize that it's important to be a threat at the 3-point line.

A lot of playcalls are for the corner 3. I thought that's something I should really work on.

All teams need good shooters. You can never have enough shooting.

I threw in some baskets that were in four-point range.

If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?

LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.

Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post as I do with Carmelo.

My jump shot is the key thing. Guys go on the pick and roll and will force me to knock down shots.

If you're open in certain spots, you just shoot the ball. It doesn't matter if you're good from that spot or not.

My stats speak for themselves; I've got a good touch for a big man, I know I can find the back of the net.

Obviously I haven't been shooting the ball as well as I want to, so I just try to take it to the basket and be aggressive and try to make a play.

If you've got a big man who scores the ball, you've got to defend, and if you've got a shooter, you've got to pick and choose who you're going to defend.

Oh, yeah - I could see myself as a catch and shooter, come off curls and shooting. I really feel good about shooting the ball.

Shooting threes is always going to be what I do best.

I'm a guy who can score the ball and shoot the ball.

Tim Hardaway Jr., Carmelo Anthony, Kristaps Porzingis and myself - those are four guys that can score 25 points per game.

I want to work on finishing at the basket more as far as more floaters, being more consistent.

It [would have] been very difficult. As I said, the rules ... but if the rules were put in place back when Michael Jordan was in his prime - no hand-checking, the game was more geared toward offense, wanting to promote scoring in the game - he could have probably got close. He did score 69.

I'd just shoot until I got tired. I wanted to improve my outside shooting and my ball handling. I wanted to improve everything.

I've always thought I could shoot from the outside.

I shoot a lot of bank shots and a lot of shots around the perimeter. There's a lot of things I like to work on, but I know my bread and butter when it comes down to it, and that's in the post.

I'm a scorer. I score in volumes.

I could always shoot and pass.

I'm just really just continuing to work on back-to-the-basket stuff and working on getting better from the foul line.

I can shoot the basketball, I can get to the basket.