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Buzz Williams clinic notes wp.me/p67J9G-lw

Saint Louis Secondary Transition Pin Screens & Toss Backs Robbie Avila was repeatedly open for trail threes all year long. This is what high IQ basketball looks like. No set, just players reading where the defense is and executing accordingly. Such a great way to utilize a shooting big!

“Chips on shoulders puts chips in pockets”

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One of the best articles on evaluation I've read in some time. Reminds me of something Stan Van Gundy once said: "There is a HUGE difference between character and basketball character." nytimes.com/athletic/71997…

Great stuff here from Udonis Haslem on playing vs a defense that is mucking off a certain player

Shead got a text from his college coach Kelvin Sampson after forcing the 8s violation in Game 4: "He said he was proud of me and we both said culture. That's something that was engrained in me in 4 years there... Diving on the floor is not negotiable at the University of Houston”

“Are the habits you have for today on par with the dreams you have for tomorrow?” - Sean McVay

“You F with the game, it’s going to F with you” -Larry Brown

“Confusion is on the coaches”

4-4-3-2

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold: Two kids. One rich. One poor. Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids. The rich kid has two choices. Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more. Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater. The poor kid has two choices too. Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been. Or outwork everyone in the room. Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch. Same choice for all of them. Ownership or victimhood. Fuel or excuse. The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it. The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it. Greatness doesn't come from where you start. It comes from which kid you choose to feed. Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

@PickAndPopNet Hubie Brown!

"Don't say hello when it's time to say goodbye"

Sure but you're not getting my point: there are less drafted players even BEGINNING their careers at that level because P4 staffs are getting significantly better at evaluating/recruiting (film more readily available, more accurate/wide-spread testing, larger staffs).

The stat cited isn’t entirely relevant when u consider that each of the 5 highest drafted transfers (including 1st/2nd overall) transferred P4-P4 G61P4 transfers accounted for only 33% of drafted transfers. Portal impact obv significant but there’s more to it @firedcoachespod

This isn’t just the transfer portal, this is also recruiting (especially in football) becoming much more science than art (reliable testing # tracking, film more readily available). Plain and simple: the big boys aren’t missing anyone anymore.

@CoachShul @HarrConnor and it’s not close.

Nice ATO from J.B. Bickerstaff / Detroit Pistons