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@MotorCityBanter Ceez

Which is the best nickname for Cade Cunningham? MotorCade Cade Icewood Smooth Operator Deuce #DetroitBasketball

Lowkey the best pre-game routine i’ve ever seen

Facts I remember my coaches saying “I don’t get paid for this” Running from the grind does that sound familiar Too many hustler Jump shooting coaches on social media. teaching copying form but not fundamentals David West Folks

@Mike_Jagacki He's 💯

Isiah Thomas talking defense. Not sure I agree with the specific scenario, but in isolation, it is a impactful tip. Love listening to the greats talk defense

This son bought his dad a truck after his dad’s truck broke down. He’s not a NBA or NFL, DR. or a lawyer,hust a regular guy worked hard to get his dad a truck. This shows his appreciation. The gift just says THANKS DAD... I love you!

LISTEN: Dylan Cardwell brings Bruce Pearl to tears with this powerful response.🙏 “The word of our year has been sacrifice. You don’t know sacrifice if you don’t know Jesus Christ. Every time I pray, I pray to win a national championship for Coach Pearl.”

“I love coaching basketball. I love teaching.” “I don’t take resumes and I don’t take phone calls. I hire everyone from within. We develop our coaching staff the way we develop our players.” - Kelvin Sampson is in the house

“They allow me to coach them the way I want to coach them.” “Now, everybody knows about Houston Basketball.” “They care more about winning than they do statistics.” “They choose hard.” Kelvin Sampson. Houston legend.

“They allow me to coach them the way I want to coach them, and that’s important.” ~ Kelvin Sampson

Tom Izzo on making it to the Elite Eight. "It shows you how important connectivity is. It shows you how important togetherness is. It shows you how important pulling for one another is." Hear his full response👇

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3peats ain't ez

From mentor to legend—Coach Hamilton gave Coach Self the opportunity that kicked off his storied coaching journey.

Basketball has unofficially become an upper middle class & rich persons sport. It cost anywhere between $30-100 per hour to get a kid basketball training & to play on AAU teams can cost anywhere from $300-600 and that’s without travel, hotels, food, gas, new shoes, etc. Today if a kid isn’t getting trained year round they almost have no chance of making the NBA and the average American parent doesn’t have the funds or time to invest into development. Historically, players that came from low income backgrounds is what made the NBA because they play with a flair, passion & hunger that typically comes from not having much (LeBron, Magic, Kareem, Wilt, Iverson, Isiah Thomas, Shaq, KD, D Wade, D Rose, KG, Westbrook, Harden, etc). Today’s NBA is filled with mostly players that come from upper middle class, well to do families or foreigners and that’s why it seems so uncompetitive and passionless which is why the ratings are way down. It’s so much money in youth basketball today so it’ll never go back to how it once was & them doubling down on prioritizing foreign players doesn’t help with the average American interest. I believe within 15 years the NBA will be completely irrelevant in America.

Coaching is an Art, it’s not a science, it’s a feel. To know when to substitute, to call a timeout, to make adjustments, when to deviate from the Practice Plan, what buttons to push and when…it’s a feel that is only acquired by doing.

@WitterSR @michaelgrange 💯

@michaelgrange Something for Canadian managment and fans to consider. Instead of clamoring for end of bench NBA guys with no FIBA experience we need to appreciate that the top EuroLeague guys can be more effective in the FIBA game. That said, Canada doesn't have any at the moment.

Amazing moment in France as their men's national basketball team upset Germany in semis. It never seems to fail that that in crucial FIBA moments, elite EuroLeague players are difference makers. Yabusele, Cordinier, and Lessort deliver again.

@CratesOfFrates Boucher was needed. Who's gonna develop all this size esp in the FIBA game.

Canada have a bunch of size coming, just a little bit too late or weren’t here for other reasons. Zach Edey, Leonard Miller, Olivier Maxence-Prosper, Charles Bediako, Brandon Clarke. And I know he’s a guard but Dalano Banton has ridiculous positional size. #CanBall

@89ERS_Official @gobluetree629 Got a good one.

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Steve Kerr played for two of the greatest NBA coaches ever in Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich. He was asked, "What made them both so effective as coaches?" He named one characteristic, but his answer encompassed so much more. Kerr said, "They both had the same quality of, you knew they cared about you." He said, "You could feel that they loved you and they cared about you, but you were a little afraid of them. Just a little bit, but almost like you'd feel about a parent. You didn't wanna disappoint them." This quote really makes you think, because it emphasizes the need for caring relationships and standards in effective leadership. Steve emphasizes the love and care that he could feel from both coaches. Great parents, coaches, and leaders care about you. • They believe in you. • They want what's best for you. • They care more about you as a person than any result. Steve then emphasized how he didn't want to let them down because of their relationship. • They created a strong connection. • They set a standard for performance. • They embodied a standard for performance. People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Leadership will always be a relationship business. - - - Follow @coachajkings for more posts like this!

“What’s the definition of tough? Having the louder guys on your team? That shit don’t make you tough…It’s playing the right way, showing up every day to do your job without complaining. I think that's being tough.” (Via @taylorcsnow 🎥 )