JB Bickerstaff Pistons Elimination Reaction
JB Bickerstaff shared his perspective after the Pistons were eliminated from the playoffs. He made clear that the result brought no sense of disappointment whatsoever and that he could never feel let down by the players. He described the game as a loss and a tough one yet stressed there was nothing disappointing about the group or how the season concluded.
Transcript (en)
How big of a disappointment? It's not a disappointment at all. I'm not ever, will I be disappointed in these guys? These guys every single day give us what they got. So it is not a disappointment. It's a loss and it's a tough loss. But that adjective will never be used in this group. I'm not saying in the guys necessarily, but the season as a whole, and also I'm sure you had higher expectations, falling far short of that, I guess, is that a disappointment? I mean, I don't think we fell short of anything. I don't like the direction of your question, I'll be honest with you. These guys have improved massively and done a great job. Anything other than positivity towards this group is unacceptable. The turnaround from where we've come from, what these guys have been willing to do, yeah, everybody wants to win a championship every year. But how much did you grow? How much did you improve? Did you sacrifice for the greater good of the team? Our guys did that collectively every single day, and we got better. We put ourselves in position to be here. So there's nothing disappointing about this group and the outcome of this.
