Danny Ainge Quotes

The bottom line is we need to score points, and we need to score a lot of them.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

I'm a big believer in your offensive limitations come from your quarterback.

I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.

Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far.

Eric Gordon is a great scorer.

My thing that I can do is score the basketball.

I think my assist numbers dropped off in Toronto with the way we were built. We played a lot of isolation basketball. I know we were in the bottom half in the NBA as far as assists go.

I just always had a knack for handling and passing the rock and making things happen.

Paul George is just a gifted guy that has versatility that no one else in the league has - in terms of playing ones, twos of threes, and really just blanket another team's top perimeter scorer.

I'm not the best shooter and I'm not the best scorer, but you do have to respect me because I can go off.

I think if you can score the ball, you can play at any level.

Regardless of what you do, or who you have, at the end of the day you have to be able to execute better than the defense does in order to score points.

I would love playing with a guy like Porzingis who can score, stretch the floor, who can do a lot, a lot of different things. But I could see myself doing some pretty good things with other teams, too.

Golden State was basically a guard-oriented offense so I didn't use it that much.

My greatest strength is my scoring ability. I've scored the ball at every level.

The point guard thing was I had to figure out how to score when I'm hot, and how to distribute and make sure everybody is happy. Because I can be happy scoring the ball. But when everybody isn't touching the ball, and we're not making the defense move, it's kind of pointless. So, I've got to find a way to keep everybody in the loop.

It's always good to have players who can help us in attack.

I think the thing that helps you get to the next level is being able to affect the game in different ways. And that's me getting my teammates shots instead of me just coming off pin-downs.

I say that if the team play well and use me in the right way... the goals will come.

The key word is 'control.' I have to get to the point where I can do it like Magic does. That means penetrating, scoring more, taking over on offense once in a while, increasing my range on the outside shot to open things up for the drive.

I've always been looking to get goals and assists, and to do that, I need to be higher up the pitch.

There's no point playing up front just because you want to be the one who scores the goals. Make sure you have a knack for it.

Just because a guy is not a 3-point shooter doesn't mean he can't score.

I have the ability to score goals.