Bill Laimbeer
FameRank: 4

"As player:"

* 2× List of NBA champions/NBA champion

* 4× List of NBA All-Stars/NBA All-Star (–, )

* List of National Basketball Association season rebounding leaders/NBA rebounding leader

* 2× NBA All-Star Weekend Shooting Stars Competition/NBA Shooting Stars champion (2007 NBA All-Star Game/2007, 2009 NBA All-Star Game/2009)

* No. 40 Detroit Pistons#Retired numbers/retired by Detroit Pistons

"As coach:"

* 3× WNBA Finals/WNBA champion (2003 WNBA Finals/2003, 2006 WNBA Finals/2006, 2008 WNBA Finals/2008)

* WNBA Coach of the Year Award/WNBA Coach of the Year (2003 WNBA season/2003)

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/ stat2value = 10,400 (9.7 rpg)

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I think that we will need to finish at least 4-2 to be assured of a playoff spot.

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She's a monster. She'll one day find her free throw niche and she'll be even better.

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I think our heart played a role today. We played really hard from start to finish and we did what we needed to do. We controlled the glass and we were very patient, and that was the key to the ball game.

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Our team didn't show in the second half, which was very discouraging. We had no focus and didn't really want to win the game. It's very discouraging when our team wants to take halves off.

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I'll take any good start. We've had so few of them this year.

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It was apparent as soon as we got off the bus we weren't coming to play hard. This is one of the worst games we've ever played. It's very disturbing.

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Our everyday problems that we have been unable to solve are our turnovers. We just aren't paying attention to detail.

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She's a very good player — she's averaged 19 points a game in her career. She adds a dimension to our starting lineup and makes it more efficient. I've always planned on her becoming a part of the lineup in the future, but we decided that the time was right.

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Katie gave us a lift — I would definitely agree with that. We've been bringing her off the bench, but I think she's a starter. I suspect we'll make a change in the next game.

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