𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 “𝙎𝙐𝙉𝙉𝙔” 𝙒𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨

I have 2️⃣ units (family + team) that live in a world of sacrifice with the understanding that success is not promised. We do it because we love the mission and each other. I am a husband 1A I am a father 1B I am a coach 1C Doing all this knowing that #Iamsecond✞

“Discover your gift, develop your gift, and then give it away every day.” Coach Don Meyer #MeyerMonday 📸: Lloyd B. Cunningham

This Wemby artwork by Asher Hyde after Game 4 😮‍💨

Special day celebrating Madden’s Windsor HS graduation! So proud of him! Onwards to Laramie!

Russell Westbrook is reportedly the "kindest teammate" behind the scenes: - Left an $8k tip for housekeepers in the NBA Bubble - Gave Capela a luxury bracelet right off his wrist because Capela liked it - Took Alex Abrines out to dinner when he felt lonely in OKC - Gave away both cars that he won as a two-time All-Star MVP to families in need - Sends Jordans and tracksuits to EVERY team staffer every year - On a minimum deal in Denver Russ paid for dinners, bought clothes for teammates and more - Great private charity work off the court Russ is one of the most misunderstood players ever.

"We're talking about contending for championships in the new @MountainWest and that's always been the goal." @wyo_mbb HC @CoachSundance is this week's One Wyoming Podcast guest. #gowyo 🎙️ | Subscribe via @ApplePodcasts, @spotifypodcasts or listen here: tinyurl.com/5an5heku

Headed to Laradise 🤠🏔️ @M1cahcurtis

Keeping The Flow: Going from Now to Next Sundance Wicks (Wyoming) @CoachSundance joins The Conceptual Offense Online Clinic, May 26–28 (6:00–9:30 PM EST). Stay ahead of your competition co.coachesclinic.com

First off, I want to thank all my coaches and teammates I’ve played with over the years. None of this would be possible without you. Secondly, I want to thank the Coach Wicks and the University of Wyoming for giving me this opportunity.

Victor Wembanyama’s agent met with Rob Pelinka last summer to learn how Kobe Bryant mentally prepared himself, per @ramonashelburne. “One summer Bryant had become obsessed with studying how great white sharks hunt and attack their prey. So it became Pelinka's job to find him the best place in the world to do that -- which is apparently Guadalupe, an island 150 miles off the coast of Baja, Mexico, where you can go cage diving in the crystal-clear waters. Bryant would later write in The Players' Tribune in 2017 that his study of great whites helped him defend Allen Iverson.”

Huge congratulations to senior Kelan Gruver on committing to Wyoming. Kelan has put the work in and has earned his opportunity to play at a D1 level. Wishing him the best on his new endeavors! #BraveBasketball #BonnerSprings #StateChamp #MrBasketball2026 @kelangruver45

This call of Wemby's logo three was ELECTRIC

Who's in? NBA and College coaches share their best conceptual offense ideas to help you. Grant Leonard, Sundance Wicks, Joe Crispin, Ganiyat Adeduntan, Easton Bazzoli, Charles Klask, Brian Adams, Matt Fletcher, Xavier Silas co.coachesclinic.com

Big Nick Mirich Baby!! Flying high with the T-Birds 🫡✊🏻 . . . Proud of you @NickMirich … stay locked 🔐

Excited to welcome @NickMirich to Casper! #FlyWithUs🦅 #ToughSmartTogether🔋

Big time TIMMY GEM 💎 or is it GYM 🏀 . . . @thetimmy12 ✊🏻 proud of you!

He’s baaaaaaack 😏 Help us in welcoming @thetimmy12 back to Pocatello, as a full time assistant coach 🤝 📰 : tinyurl.com/TNHiredISUMBBAC #SawWood // #RoarBengalsRoar

🤠🏀 Team Camp is almost here. Sign up by May 28th to get to work with Cowboy staff and players! 🔗: tinyurl.com/mwcphwfb

“Leaders pick up trash. It keeps the leader humble and the parking lot clean.” Coach Don Meyer (who we lost on this day in 2014) #MeyerMonday 📸: @DKlutho

Get you coaches that buy into this mentality and you'll be just fine! BYOJ

Keldon Johnson on his role with the @spurs: “I remember a couple years ago, I had a hard conversation with Pop. One morning, we were getting ready to play Dallas, and he pulled me to the side and told me that he thought it would be best for the team if I started coming off the bench. I said, ‘Yeah, of course. Whatever’s best for the team, I’ll do it.’ And I truly meant that, too. But I’m also just human, man. And I was like 24 years old. If I said that I fully bought into this role from the jump, I’d be lying. I had averaged 22 points in the NBA. I’d won a gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics. So I just didn’t understand. I couldn’t wrap my head around it. And ultimately, I didn’t take it well. I sulked. I let the outside noise affect my play. I didn’t present the best version of myself as I was coming off the bench for the rest of that season. And I knew that I was much better than that. I’ve been reflecting on that part of my journey a lot lately, with the position we’re in right now. To backtrack a little bit…. When I was drafted in 2019, that was probably one of the most stressful nights of my life. I’d had a great year at Kentucky, and I thought I was going 9 or 10. In my mind, my floor was 15 to Detroit. The crazy thing is, I didn’t even work out for San Antonio. We talked a little bit on FaceTime, but I honestly didn’t think I’d still be on the board at 19 when the Spurs picked. Definitely not at 29, where I ended up going. I don’t know why I slipped so much, but thank God I did, because I landed at a proven organization with vets who could mold me. That situation could have gone one of two ways. Thankfully, it went the good way. Dejounte was young, too, but he knew the ropes better than me, and he made sure that I did everything the right way. I can’t thank him enough to this day for how much he’s helped my career. Same thing with DeMar DeRozan. Those guys really embraced me and took me under their wing as a young guy, and showed me how it was done. I feel like I had such a great group of vets, whether it was LaMarcus Aldridge, Patty Mills, Rudy Gay — all those guys went out their way to make sure I was solid. I feel like they knew how good I could be before I even knew how good I could be. They didn’t let me skip any steps, which was huge for my career early on. And yeah, fast-forward to summer 2024, and I got to thinking back on my first couple years here in San Antonio, and how I could get that spark back, get back to being me. That’s when I started to see the bigger picture. We had picks. There were all these signs that we were building something that was gonna be special, all these bright green flags. But there was this one red flag. Me. In that moment, I had to take a hard look in the mirror. And man, I just got embarrassed. I hated that feeling — the feeling that I had let my vets down, and especially let my younger teammates down. This organization believed in me since day one, when Pop and our GM at the time R.C. Buford took a leap of faith on a player who was sliding in the draft and didn’t even have a workout at their facility. They had a plan, and I was a big piece of that plan. I just needed to get out of my own way. Period. I knew that I could either be the person who tries to fight the change, who makes it about them and their ego, and tries to do everything their way (which never really works). Or, I could trust the process. And the Spurs never gave me a reason not to trust it. So I bought into my role, and I put my best foot forward each and every night. Whatever I had to do to be the best version of myself, I did it. And I feel like this season has been a testament to that. I’m just really at home here. I think that’s probably obvious, right? The cowboy hat isn’t a gimmick. San Antonio is all me. Being a country boy, that’s just a part of who I am. From Huntington Prep to Oak Hill Academy to Kentucky, I feel like I just carried that country boy vibe with me everywhere I went.” playerstribu.ne/KJ