T-Mann's Mom: "I don’t think he had a great player-coach relationship with Doc. I don’t think he got that confidence that he needed from Doc. And it’s the complete opposite from Ty Lue. You know, Ty Lue is a player’s coach. Ty Lue pours confidence in his players, from No. 1 all the way to No. 12."

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Well, I was brought to tears at the end of the game, when I saw 19,000 people at the Staples Center giving my son a standing ovation. I was really brought to tears, because I know how hard he’s worked to put himself in a position to be an impact player for the Clippers. I know the blood, sweat and tears that went into getting him to have that confidence to shoot the ball the way he did.

But I’ll tell you one thing, you know, because I’m a basketball coach and he’s grown up in a coaching household. He understands the impact a coach has on a player. He understands the importance of a player-coach relationship. He thinks those things are essential to his success. So last year, I don’t think he had a great player-coach relationship with Doc. I don’t think he got that confidence that he needed from Doc. And it’s the complete opposite from Ty Lue. You know, Ty Lue is a player’s coach. Ty Lue pours confidence in his players, from No. 1 all the way to No. 12. So I think Ty Lue just telling Terance, “You need to shoot that shot,” that’s all Terance really needed. He needs that coach to tell him what he needs, what is needed. And he’s going to run through a brick wall for any coach that gives him that coaching.

And it’s because he grew up in a coaching household. He doesn’t see basketball as an individual sport, he sees it as a team sport, led by a leader who gets the team to buy into that vision. And without that connection, individually, Terance isn’t a great basketball player. But with coaching, with leadership, with confidence, with all the intangibles of the mental part of the game, he’s a great all-star in the league. And that is the difference between his rookie year and his second year. Part of his game is the love of the coach, is being coached. Part of his game is getting that confidence, the confidence from the coach, and knowing exactly what the coach wants from him. And he will take it, run with it and run through a brick wall for any coach that gives him that sort of nurturing.

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