27 Burst results for "Dwayne Casey"
The Rich Eisen Show
"dwayne casey" Discussed on The Rich Eisen Show
"Here. UN all right, all of us right now coach Jerry stackhouse. Coaching may ask you, how long does it take to come down from a huge win like you had the other night against Kentucky? The last second shot, big win, and big ending to the game. How long can you remain on that high? I mean, obviously the big win for us. We hadn't, I think, probably three times in our program, history that was exactly going to run up and win. And but again, we've been having some really good games with them since our times in here. Both on the road and at home and finally get over the hump felt good. But I remember, I think when you look at our guys we played in a number of close games, felt like we were battle tested. I think that it was a testament to our guys, even at the game. You know, it wasn't a whole lot of celebration. Again, we have bigger, bigger task at hand and then that's finishing well and trying to be just stack as many wins as we can to try to build our resume, but that was definitely a big one. That team was playing well, ranked in the top 25. I mean, it's Kentucky, Kentucky has been the cream of the crop for the SEC for a long time. And we finally got a chance to chip away at them. So it felt good, but again, we were locked in yesterday, guys, watched the film from the game, started to prepare for Mississippi state and right now in a couple of hours of practice and really lock in on them and hopefully we have a great closing to our season tomorrow night at home. You want 70 or last 8. Do you believe your team deserves to be in the tournament? Man, we play here. We definitely deserve to play in the tournament. I think this is about finishing strong and we've had some missteps early in the season, but I think that's what early in the season is about trying to figure out we played a lot of players played a lot of young guys. We had a team last year that featured Scottie Pippen who probably had the most usage one of the highest usage in the country and then from that coming back to this team trying to figure out some identities of who need to kind of different roles and different things like that. It took us a little while to adjust, but through that we had some quality wins played beat Pittsburgh, the temple before we got into our schedule. We had a really close game with NC state on a neutral court. So I mean, I think we've shown that we're capable of beating anybody. So now, you know, now that we're playing out the best basketball, we lost one game in February. And that was probably a game that a lot of people felt that we shouldn't on the road at LSU, but again, it's just tough to win in the SEC on the road. And then we starting off march. With the big win in Kentucky and hopefully that can be our resume going to the tournament. We had one loss in February and March going into the tournament. So hopefully that's enough for us. But either way, we can only control what we can control and that's going out and try to win games and hopefully continue to build resumes needed. I've been to a Vanderbilt gaming year for the last few years and living in Nashville. I have noticed even at the games the crowds louder, the crowds, more involved, even from before the game. In Vanderbilt, not always known as a school that would have people just, you know, tenacious, like fans that just don't stop. But this year, it has gotten to a point. We heard about the memorial starting to finally see it and come to fruition for us again. It's part of the byproduct of winning, man, a lot of excitement, this kid is just four year class here to enjoying this season. And then they go into a tough year and these kids came in, you know, COVID was a big part of their death story. And now to have some of these great storylines of beaten Tennessee at home and being Kentucky and they're enjoying it and they've been coming in there raising raising a lot of hell and memorial gym. There's a lot of fun and then it's just kind of the growth of our city growth in Nashville and so many people moving here, we're trying to tap into a lot of transients, you know, let them know that we're playing a great brand of basketball. If you look for a team, come on, we're excited to have your fans. I mean, we're doing a lot of things just try to continue to generate excitement, but at the same time, nurture our relationships with our fans that have been long-standing fans for a long time. Do you ever think about changing that court? Because it is weird. Well, you know, you never never know. Yeah, man, it's weird, coach, it's harder. It's always weird. Man, it got a little took a little to get used to when I first got here, but I like it, I mean, you know, it kind of sits up with the theater scene, man. It has its own mistake and it provides a nice home court advantage for us or I think it's a great part of college basketball. Coach Jerry stackhouse on with us. Head coach the Vanderbilt commodores. When you look at coaching and how you do it, what former coach do you feel like you've taken a lot of lessons from by watching how they did it? Well, I mean, I had a number of coaches, man. I brought a head probably more coaches than anybody in the history of the player. But I think probably more so than anything, still coach Smith, what I learned from him and UNC just as identity and how he approached the game and sharing sharing and being selfless. Having it always been about the team and I think those are things that I've learned from it got coached that play for whether it was just a Rick Carlyle, Avery Johnson is a guy that I think Dwayne Casey has guided. I work for when I was working with the grafters. Just learning, I mean, Rick Scott. I play for a number of different kinds of cultures that I've taken a little bit from and kind of find a way to incorporate it into my own philosophy and identity, but now a lot of mentors, a lot of people that, you know, the things that we do in success that we've had has come from some things that I've learned from them and tried to devise a good plan. My stuff. My final three questions for coach Jerry stackhouse. Number one, when you look at the NBA now and I'm sure you don't have a lot of time to watch a lot of NBA because you're completely involved, but who's a player that you see is like a pretty good comp to you and how you played and how you were built back in the day.
Chad Ford's NBA Big Board
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Chad Ford's NBA Big Board
"You're listening to NBA big board. I'm with Rafael Barlow, who just joined us. On our newsletter at substack NBA big board as our director of scouting, full partner, already released a couple of awesome videos and mock draft this week. I also did a mock draft this week. We did that intentionally. And one of the things I think that's going to benefit our readers. And if you haven't already subscribed, go over to NBA big board dot com right now and give us your email. You'll get an inbox whenever Rafael, or I post something. And one of the reasons do this is look at this time when we're in February right now. We're right at the all star break. NBA teams are starting to form their opinions about guys for sure right now. Scouts are starting to feel pretty strongly. There's a body of work there for sure. But boards aren't set. A lot of boards don't get set until like right before the draft, you're going to have various opinions out there. And so what the discussion Rafa Rafael and I are going to have today is going to look a lot like a lot of MBA front offices right now where scouts don't always agree on guys or fill this guy might be better or whatever. And so don't get too worked up. If we don't pick the guy that you like, I'm basing mine on Intel, Rafael, primarily on his scouting and the extensive scouting that he's done. We could be wrong opinions change. We still got a lot of basketball to play, workouts, medicals, combine, so much other stuff that happened right now. But I think it's a good exercise right now because I do feel like we know a lot and they're starting to be some trends right now. And so Rafael, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. I'm looking forward to this war. Yeah, it's a war. We like each other too much for it to actually be like a real war, but there are some significant disagreements and we're going to get into that today. If you want to read the box, go over to NBA big board dot com, you'll have my mine was dropped on Thursday. We'll pick one through 30. Rafael did his first half on Monday, second half on Wednesday and has a really cool video feature as well. And for the next couple of weeks, Raphael's works free. It's not by the pay wall as well. So if you want to get a taste for what's happening, you can go and check out his work as well, follow us on Twitter. You can see that. I might add chat for it insider. He's at Barlow 500. But let's start at the top. Detroit Pistons look like they're going to have the inside track on them one pick. All that actually means is that they have a 14% chance of winning the draft lottery, so inside track is 14%. So let's keep it in perspective about what it is. They have the number one pick last year. They take Kate Cunningham. But we're going to start with they have the worst record in the NBA right now. And they're projected to have the worst record in the NBA right now. And so Detroit is on the board at number one. Raphael, who did you think was the piston should take with the number one pick if they get the number one pick overall? Well, I feel like I kind of got set up here because I had been Caro number one, but I have to make my case for bank Caro after jabari Smith shoots 7 out of ten from three 31 points last night. Looks like Kevin Durant. Last night, yes. Go for it. So yeah, I'll just stick with what I had with Ben Carroll. I like the pairing of him and Kate Cunningham, I think, as a coach, whether it's Dwayne Casey or not. I think a coach can get really creative with putting them together. You could have some four one pick and rolls or 5 one pick and rolls. I like the fact that Ben Carroll is, I think he'll be able to come in and score right away. But he is also a good pastor and I really am intrigued by what he'll be able to do in the NBA with NBA spacing as a pick and roll ball handler because nice time with Mark Williams who doesn't space the floor and not stand there's a bunch of floor spacing in Detroit, but I think that he's gonna be pretty tough to contain at 6 ten, two 50 getting downhill. So I like the one two combination of Ben Carroll and Cunningham. All right, that's the case for banquero and I know a lot of people that have been listening to me think that I'm down on bunker and actually having fourth in my mock draft going to Oklahoma City Thunder who I love that fit there for Bon Caro there. I'm not down on Bon Carroll. I think he is a legitimate prospect for the number one pick. The thing that actually impresses me the most about him Raphael watching him closely is his feel for the game is really off the charts. I mean, he really sees the floor. He makes excellent decisions passing the basketball. I mean, I don't think he can play this in the NBA, but he's almost like a 6 ten 250 pound point guard. In a certain way. And I think that's something that you've sort of seen in ACC play with him. And that's a big, that's a big deal to me. That's going to be a big deal for teams as well, having really highly intelligent basketball players who really understand and see the game is a big component. And so when you factor that in with him being 6 ten two 50 and being an offensive weapon, the way that he really is a very skilled, offensive weapon as far as being able to shoot the basketball score in the paint. He's especially lethal when he gets around the basket. There's a really strong argument for him in Detroit. As there is for Chet holmgren in Detroit. And I even think there's a strong argument for Jade and ivy. We'll talk about the second because I'm not sure you do. But I think that there's a strong argument for Jade and ivy as well as a guy that could go to Detroit. And I would love to see him play in that environment with Cunningham. But I'm going with jabari Smith. And I wrote this, I had this set up. He was number one on my big board last time, so I wasn't influenced by the 31 point game and actually jabari's had a couple of weaker games recently as well that I think of scared people a little bit. So this was a bit of a coming out party for him just over the last few weeks in the way that he's played. But when I see 6 ten, I think he's an elite shooter. I really think that that is a skill that is going to translate at the next level. I see his athleticism. There's parts of his game he's really right. I gotta remember he's 18 years old right now, so he's still struggles to create for himself. I still worry a little bit about when he gets near the basket, his finishing ability at the basket bunker was way better. I'm at that homegrown is way better at that. He's not an elite rim protector or necessarily rebounder. He really wants to play like a three. And when he's trying to create for himself off the dribble, it sometimes he looks like a baby deer out there, you know, he's he doesn't have the tightest handle yet or whatever, but I love the motor. I love the confidence. I love how when he rises up, he can get that shot off against anybody. And look, I haven't compared him throughout this draft of Kevin Durant. I think that's an unfair comparison to anybody. But watching his clips last night on Thursday night are on Tuesday on Wednesday night. He looked a bit like a Kevin Durant. Not just in his ability to shoot threes yet. I think he was 7 for ten from threes, but also that way that he elevates on the elbow. And that's kind of his second favorite place to go get shots and he's really skilled there. I think he's, I think he's going to be awesome in the NBA. He's the only guy that I have right now with a tier one grade. I'm not sure where you're grading the other guys right now. I have everybody else kind of as a tiered other top guys as a tier two grade Chet's convincing, maybe gonna convince me otherwise. I just given how strong he's been. I kind of want to see him play in the NCAA tournament, not just against WCC competition over and over again, but that's kind of where I'm at. Why not jabari one for you? I like Ben Carroll as a passer. And I feel like to me in order to be like a really effective scorer in today's NBA..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Having a little note. Fair enough. Okay, so I'm going to give you my starters now. Okay. And smart Tatum Brown. Rob grant. Well, you didn't get, okay, you got both Williams. And I was trying to make sure he didn't slate anybody. Yeah, of course. Okay, so in the back court, I have demar Derozan and Trae Young in the front court I have Joel embiid, Giannis and then Tacoma and Kevin Durant and the media I'm fortunate enough to have a vote and submitted my ballots. So this is those 5 players are actually who I submitted. And I, you know, I think that there's, first of all, do you have any issue with any of them? I don't even think about it, but I have an issue with Derozan being listed as a guard, which we've discussed. I know you do. And is he listening both? Am I crazy? Was he the student both, or was he just listed as a guard? I believe he's only listed as a guard. Hey man, you know, these are just the parameters of the world we live in. I understand that. How to dump. How often were they playing Levine ball Caruso Derozan and roots together? That was one of their highest usage lineups until everyone started getting COVID and everyone got hurt. It took note that I don't want to start taking away from your battle, but that to me sounds. But I will say, you know, Dwayne, sometimes I think about this thing that Dwayne Casey said, which is in the era of positionless basketball, your position is who you defend. And so Alex, why is an Alex Caruso before in these conversations? That is a great quote I mean Derozan does guard up too, especially now. Yeah. I'm not even trying to defend the NBA here. Desperation and lack of this week's mortar who else they have to throw it? Or whoever? Yes. And I'm not saying someone who loves Caruso. But yes, I think that's a great a great starting 5. I think that's who should represent. I do think with TRE and this is separate from a text war that might and I haven't had you know for a long time. I'm very glad that you're bringing this up because I didn't want to. I mean, you were throwing me under the bus with text messages that I thought were private earlier in this episode. I wasn't going to bring up the train. But this is separate from the tray young techs, which will remain for now. Do you have any qualms? I mean, they've won four in a row. They're looking better. I think, frankly, a lot of that also do Deandre hunters so good. And just.
BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"dwayne casey" Discussed on BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"If I'm throwing fire on you guys, but what was it? So most just tell me about Dwayne Casey, what he was saying about offense. And I was just like, it just sounded like such a dinosaur thing. I'll think about it. My mind is much these days. What is time we're stuck hiding from COVID and whatnot. My mind is sometimes it works. You know what's weird sometimes combo like I can't remember like what I was talking about and out an hour ago about Dwayne Casey, but I can tell you what Ben poquette number was on his Jersey for the Cleveland Cavaliers like 1985. What's that? Why is that you think? You know, this could be a whole part about how the brain functions and how it stores things. I don't know. And maybe that would actually, you know, once we discover that, we can become much better coaches because we'll say, we'll say things the right way that will stick in people's minds. This ever happened to you. I can remember a very specific lesson from science class in 7th grade. And I don't remember anything else from the 7th grade at all, but I can remember one specific thing that she talks about dividing trying to divide a number to get to zero. And we kept doing it kept doing it. We thought we were getting closer and closer, but spoiler alert, you can never get to zero, you know? You always get closer and closer, but you can never get to zero. And that realization has stuck with me to this day. So I feel like sometimes when you've done in a specific paper or you really dug in on a topic, those are the things you remember, you know? Like that you put some work into maybe? Yeah. Yeah. All right, let's go back to the NBA because this is what the show is about, supposedly. And yes, I was very wrong. I'm assuming that straightway is commenting about my New Orleans Noel take on versus AD. But getting back to the point like Giannis, I'm concerned that Giannis didn't do even in the first 14 games. Just didn't seem to be able to take over to the point where he could will his team to victory..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"Get it, you're upset. Someone hits you in the face, you're bleeding. I would be upset too, but there's no reason to go out a guy like that. And, you know, frame does still throw a tantrum basically. And look like he was trying to find ways to get back into a fight. There's just no place for that. Some people ask it is saying it was his hand that hit his face. It wasn't his elbow. Yeah, my initial the initial view of it made it look like it was his elbow. And then once you saw like the overhead view, you could see it was his hand, but it looked like he was kind of swinging through trying to maybe smack his hand away or something like that. Stuart's hand away. But regardless, yeah, Stewart, when you're given time like that to stop and think, and you've got people that are friendly to you, players that are on your team. Holding you back and telling you to stop and you've got time to clear your head and actually process. Like I can understand heat of the moment something happens, you're angry, like you're just base human instinct is hit back, right? That's what you see happen more often. Like I can understand something like that happening, where a guy's just seeing red and he fires back at LeBron really quick, right? But when he's got that kind of time to think, that's the part where it really I lose it. And you know, like I was talking with K Smith about this. And he said, he said, no, he totally understands. If a guy is getting hit in the face, Stewart, he understands why he would do that. So I said, okay, well, we're going to have a good debate on the front office show tomorrow because I can't see how a Stewart does not get suspended for a while and I'm not saying what LeBron did was right. We can debate whether or not it was intentional. I'm sure some people will see it as intentional. I'm sure some people will see it as not intentional but I think it really depends on what side you're on in terms of LeBron, who's a very polarizing figure in his own right. I think that will change the lens that you look at that moment through. But I do think LeBron probably does lose. I would assume that he's out probably next game in this one. Yeah, I think so, too. It's honestly a really scary moment, because you just didn't know what was going to happen, you know. He had a full head of steam. He could have easily charged some people. It looks like Dwayne Casey got his finger jam in there. Oh, it looked like the athletic trainer was putting some ointment on it or something looks like you might have sprained his finger trying to hold Stewart back or another player. I don't know. But again, it's just one of those moments in sports where you don't want to see it. You know, you don't want to see players getting into it. Obviously, the PA announcer with the history that Detroit has with malice and the palace, they didn't want fans getting involved. So it's just one of those things where I think the NBA is going to crack down pretty hard on us to prevent any other future incidents like that going forward. But just not a very good moment from this game at all. And that's an understanding. And I'm just a give a shout out here to our chat. I've got some people who are saying it was 100% intentional. I've got some people who are saying that. I've got other people saying I agree with how Trevor was describing it. Okay..
Game Theory Podcast
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"And the offense will look better. I will say just like structurally it feels like this offense is kind of a mess. I don't know what the role allocation is. Like they take a lot of like off the dribble jumpers. It feels like to me. Like they get run off the line. And part of it is that they don't have a particularly athletic team that breaks guys down off the bounce. Can do it, but Kate is also two games into his career. And is coming off of an ankle injury, right? It's going to be hard for him to play that role early in his career. Should we talk about the Killian haze thing? Because I'm ready to be done. I'm ready to be done with the Killian Hayes experiment at this point. Look, The Rookie year is disappointment, right? I didn't think what he was drafted 7th overall, but he'd be the third most productive rookie on his own team and maybe that's a credit to Sadiq bay and Isaiah Stewart. To be honest, I think it is. I think it's more of a credit to them than not a shot. But for his game, I just haven't really seen it. I don't love the decision making. He's cut his turnovers in half. I'll give him credit for that, but 28% shooter from three the last two years, not the best finisher. And you know he's going left. I mean, there's no right hand involved. And when they played Brooklyn, Bruce Brown just forced him into doing whatever he wanted and he was stuck. And now you have kids Cunningham in this league guard ecosystem. And how does that fit? Because if I'm constructing a team, I want the guard next to him to be a knockdown shooter or this crazy athlete that applies pressure to the defense. And for right now, I don't necessarily see that with Killian. Well, I think what I'm struggling with is I don't know why they're not just turning the offense over to cade to get him these reps. I don't think that the haze cade fit is one that's going to work, given this particular roster construction. Right now. Because, you know, they're starting a wing next to them and Sadiq bay that is also like kind of a non athlete by NBA standards, right? They're playing Kelly Olynyk at times with them. Isaiah Stewart like not an incredible athlete by NBA standards by any stretch, right? Really, really good defender, really effective player overall, but like not an incredible athlete, right? So you're starting a lot of lower level athletes with this group. And I think it's just hard to for them to find ways to make things happen on the court. But like you also need athletes who can shoot in like the public Killian haze is right now that you can't really shoot. He can't get by anyone because everyone knows he's going left. I just don't. I don't know what to do with killing Hayes right now at least. And the way I would do it if I was Dwayne Casey, I would give cade the ball, I would start. Maybe like honestly, Frank Jackson next to him because Frank will defend and he will shoot the ball hopefully. I know he's shooting 17% from three, but I think Frank can shoot. And he will provide backdoor cuts occasionally and will provide that kind of off ball movement that I think they need..
KSR
"dwayne casey" Discussed on KSR
"Him to lansing tonight. After the first of all. I hope they take him to lansing drew. Because not where michigan. Oh i think that's going to hurt. Their chances of winning are bosnia doing well. He's really struggled if he's driving all the recruits to michigan state campus. So let me just a question. Why aren't they fly. Well they the flight. I guess in the morning afternoon or early afternoon and they want him ready to go first thing in the mornings they get. They can take advantage of every minute while he's up there so they're just going to sleep in the car and be ready to go sleep in the car all night and then hit on one's better shame. No actually i would rather be flown their first class that at the and riding a car for how many i mean what's lexington the ann arbor. It's five six hours probably so they're gonna drive all night drive all night. In a tahoe. Your because you get two nights one this. We won the night night. Yeah i think so. Yeah he's gotta be back. Go to school on. Monday was was saying this like this. Was this elegant thing. Shane and i don't know that it feels like to me. It sounded a lot better when he was talking about it off the air how to hear those scrappy like it was the lap of luxury. And now you're telling me getting in a taxi headed headed. The michigan i drew is. That is that that make you want to go there one. I wouldn't want by star visitor and his family being so tired during an important weekend. But also i really need to see the vehicle if it's some big sprinter van that's nice. I think it's cool but if they show up in like a neon it's gonna look like hey we weren't really worth those getting your flight. Here's sir jeff first of all the chances ryan's getting in that car going. I mean i. I feel like i'm in. Yeah okay so dame in his two parents anybody else going amir. Are they going to go three in the back. Somebody's gotta call shot. That's it and i don't mind the do the pre game show mile from East lansing michigan or wherever. They're going tonight. Good i could see ride driving the eastland i came here for. I don't know. I don't think that sounds cool as i thought it would be before. I just have a good story. I think it's a good story. Are they allowed to private plane. Someone in is that allowed good question. I don't honestly know allowed to cover their travel. Assume there's some kind of a cap on that. Maybe just give them down. A broken down jalopy bringing the michigan. Does he get the flos back. At least or does he have to get back in the car. Now they're flying back. I think that's good. Yeah they just wanted him up there all day tomorrow. I don't feel like that's a very good good sounds. Tommy tommy go ahead tommy. Just want to give a quick chat. Dwayne casey inducted into the sports kentucky hall of fame. Talk pretty awesome. Cal showed up for it. Which was yes Just just comment about the game. Saturday from watch. The central michigan play missouri that wind was so nondescript central michigan has two men on their defensive seniors. Amazon just ran all over them. That is not going to happen saturday night. Now it's not. I mean. I appreciate the call. They control the line of scrimmage last year. That's not happening this year last year kentucky was coming off four straight weeks. Missouri had two weeks off last year. You had the swarming situation. This is going to be different. And i think we're going to get the w. I think it's gonna be awesome. I'm glad i'm not going in a car to michigan. Can you imagine getting a car and go to pop up. That's what we're gonna do archery are but that's that's more fun. We'll take a break come back out..
Game Theory Podcast
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"They got Diallo on a reasonable deal two years 10 million. That happened literally right as we started reporting. Second year team option, that's a great deal. I liked what I saw from Saban Lee last year. Luka Garza, I'll be honest, I thought it was insane that he made second team all summer league, but at the end of the day, he was a great second round picket summer league. I thought he'd played really, really well. Offensively looked like a potential stretch big. I think Isiah livers has a shot to be a real floor spacer as a wing at 6 foot 7 to space the floor and extend Cunningham. They're building a roster that makes sense next to cade as he is in his developmental years. And that's really all you can ask for from Detroit at this point, right? Yep, Detroit has gotten itself in trouble over the last decade plus by trying to. Speed up the process. This rebuild that they really started last year should have started many years ago, probably. And now they are here and they're being patient and it's worked out. I mean, you get the number one pick and a great draft. You hit on, I think we would all agree two of the three last year with one still up in the air. Saban Lee looks like he could be at minimum a long time back up point guard at minimum. And that second round pick, Isaiah livers, I agree with you. It seems to be a longtime floor spacer. So Dwayne Casey was pleading for shooting. They got three shooters in this year's draft, Sadiq bay last year, Isaiah Stewart has the potential to be a floor spacer with more time. They're building the rest of the right way. They're being patient and I think that is all Detroit fans have wanted for quite some time. Did they get better? Yes, they got better if only because they have kid Cunningham now and kicking him is a star. Let's go to Indiana. Indiana had a quiet off season because they're big addition was firing Nate bjorkan and bringing in Rick Carlisle, which is about as good of a coaching upgrade as any team will have this off season. They traded Aaron holiday in pick number 31 in order to draft Isiah Jackson at number 22..
GSMC Basketball Podcast
"dwayne casey" Discussed on GSMC Basketball Podcast
"A guy who has more on his back in a sense like kay cunningham can shoot the ball he can post. You want peace aggressive. He's guy can create. You know his for others as well. The big thing. I think jalen green is jalen. Green has that one factor and also the way the houston Faster pace the styles might change especially with coaching right. So kate cunningham might be better right with join cases the head coach. Dwayne casey's had success as an mba head coach in this week. But if you want that game you clearly jalen green's better player right. He's the guy that he can. He shotmaker right. He's a guy that can just take over games a little bit better level and ultimately the team at houston just blew out that the team in detroit. hands fault mass lee because kate county hand did give twenty points not game but jalen green gave you twenty five on a various fish in six of eleven from the floor. And that's kind of how he's been ready speech beginning twenty five to twenty six points and he's been just written what he's doing that is by being shotmaker. And why is that important for the nba will the nba now especially americanized basketball. Which i've talked about in length. At least on this podcast right in different episodes. I've done is get all boils down to the fact that you got to be able to create your own shun score right and static sites people that get coaches looking at you in a positive way because if you can create your own shot especially if you're a top draft pick that makes them more incentivize. I think that you could potentially become the phrase that franchise and that's a lot of pressure to put on nineteen twenty one year. Old kids rather pick eight request. You guys who are one in don's playing the g. league and ultimately that's a low pressure put on those kids right but the reason why it's a lot of pressure is because you're expecting young guys to get together and figure out how to be dominant in the nba. It's not easy but the contrary to that though is in high school lies guys now with social media all these basketball mix tape companies in your showcasing other games. There's pressure them right away. Right there on his wife and courtside films and bleacher report over time and different platforms.
Dunc'd On Basketball Podcast
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Dunc'd On Basketball Podcast
"Him as the pistons complete their game of musical centers were they traded away plumbly and now picked up kelly link. This basically is going to be yet for detroit's cap space. They we thought. Maybe something sexier was in the works. Or maybe they go after spencer dinwiddie or something but instead they just made this move to bring in olympic and olympic. Not a very good defensive player. He's not a bad cop in a different type of center than isaiah. Stuart is you imagine off the bench. Maybe he can play. Next to stuart in some alignments and just gives a nice floor spacing big to allow kate cutting ham and some of these other young guards that they have to go to work. It's a lot of money to pay to somebody. That is a non premium big. You classify him more of a five to four and a winnick. Having forced basing at that spot is nice. You'd pick and pop partner is real estate for cade and for killian hayes and all these other players and we'll see what this third year is like if that's partially guaranteed or non-guaranteed. I will feel a lot better about this. But i like i like his fit on the pistons team. That isn't necessarily trying to be good right now. But we'll see what some of these other players get I mean i think they could've. They could've aimed higher. And it's it's distinctly. It's fine but not great. And part of the reason we think that the pistons are done is that they also they waved cory joseph and then they brought cory joseph back on both the waiver in the new contractor less than the basically than the money the fully guarantee contract would abandon that opened a spending power. Looks like he's getting two years at the room exceptions that's two years roughly ten million but surprisingly cory joseph got a second year player option. Pat is a rather surprising. Indeed and now some of that's going to be offset by the two point four million that he's getting that he was owed already for from getting waved at least in the first year and joseph has a history. Dwayne casey easily A good bet. They can pretty crowded here at the guard position though though no real established options did not offer a qualifying offer to dennis. Methods are now All is return to shoot two free agency of humdrum diablo who olympic also a good fit to kinda with in lineups with the because the allergies are not a great shooter and likes to get on top of the rim with another guy who can benefit for enforce basing. Its with the link. It seems like they just went a little bit higher than the mid level. That's what they had to do to get him. It's got you. Olympic basically just got dumped by the heat to get victory depot and seemed like he really played well enough in houston to kinda resurrect things for himself. And i guess you know shooting at the definitely is the best stretch five on the market although as you mentioned he doesn't really depend but that doesn't team were detroit is. That doesn't matter as much. Seems like another guy who liked plumlee is not going to end this contract on the detroit post also do technically have about seven million or so cap space left if they want to use it but You know we'll see what the aloe ends up getting as well. That's true when they fill out the roster. They've they made just to be done here. did you mention. I didn't hear you mentioned trey lyles stripe. For the sake of completeness forgot to adami sheet because we didn't know we had two years five million. I guess that's maybe that's Some more of their cap space could be it also. It also sounds to me like two years at the minimum. Like that's my my instinct. There will will see. Sometimes those can get get reported in different ways. But i wanna finish up on houston David wada or yeah. I forgot about him. They had early bird writes. The rockets did on him three years. Fifteen million dollars again. We'll see on the last year of that whether it's fully guaranteed but i'm really happy for after s- coming to so many injuries. He plays really hard only. He's only played fifty games combined the last two years but i thought i thought he contributed some energy to the rockets and the the opportunity cost of it with the early bird. Rights was relatively low. Assuming that tillman cheetah's willing to pay it and then the other thing and this isn't like assigning but i think it's interesting from jonathan fagin. His expectation is that both shangkun and spun. Group are going to play for the rockets. This year i'm group is of course playing in for spain in the olympics but why that's significant as we talked about grue- having this gigantic buyout and so the expectations that he's going to go over however that's going to get so out. I thought that was notable too and wanted to share. They'll be exciting to the rockets. With with these rookies. We like their draft a lot. I'm really excited to see what these guys look like. M it does seem much as we have derided To over the years that repels don't think pre similar to the way i do a i've liked most of their moves really since he ascended to power so hope you enjoyed part one of our look at every deal and every team that happened on a crazy day. One of free agency. We couldn't include the entire thing on the public pod because well over two hours but of course don't on prime subscribers can get that and we are running a special sale right now with total access including our salary sheets which we've updated. I think five times publicly. Today's you're basically getting all the information real time and our free agent list..
The Sean Salisbury Show
"dwayne casey" Discussed on The Sean Salisbury Show
"Detroit pistons and the baddest cat of them all one of my favorite dudes around and he loves basketball. Great passion. he's in detroit. We get a chance to talk to him now. Rick mahorn rick. Welcome in brothers. World champion and detroit picks. I tonight my man. Thanks for joining me. What will the city do if they trade. The number one pick away probably have a riot up here. But no i i. You know the thing is you. You want you wanna make sure that you picking the right person for your for your ball club and troy weaver and dwayne casey. You know they have discussions every day if somebody has a an opportunity That looks good for the pisses. Because when you look at it you know you you due diligence as gm and as you know as a coach to see what helps you rosters at the best person in the draft or is it a position that you're looking for to fill in the draft for future confer futures consideration they. Rick is kate cunningham. He's he seems to be the overwhelming thought. It number one in your mind is he or would you be willing to listen to mobile or jalen. Green trade with other bodies involved and it just depends. You know sean. We talk about it when we hanging out The last couple of weeks when you when you look at it you like. I said you have to find the best person that can sit. Is it a is it. A game changing Prospect out there that you feel that can help you because you know when you look at it you hope the first pick could be like zion. Something generational or someone like lebron james or someone like you know to that nature but when you're picking you know and now when you look at it it could be someone like a jaanus onto the co that went you know late in the draft or steph curry. You know these are the things that you have to worry about it. It's all potential base. But i don't think detroit will be you know trading that unless somebody's gonna give them a a high lottery pick. That's coming out because this draft has really stacked up. Is kate cunningham. And your mind a franchise changer. you know. that's hard to say. I mean this is where you know you look at it. He's the best these overall best picked. The you know when you look at it. But that's what i'm saying everything is based potentially and when you look at it you hope that it turns out to be that kind of Talent that can change. The you know the flight of your particular franchise but you know. I mean you know i do. I do my due diligence. Where you know. He can't be sick. Say he looks like you know. He's kinda like a remind me of of a grant hill type player very Versatile know maybe strong in all categories. So that's the thing that you hope he grows into..
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"dwayne casey" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"When the olympics start will be the most talented team in tokyo. Hands down no question. Most talented team in tokyo with the roster that they have but this is like a five alarm fire right now howard. This loss to nigeria. I don't care if they win the rest of these pre olympic games which will take place through next sunday. This has to make you nervous if you're a fan of the team because not only is it this. The loss to nigeria. But you go back two years ago at the world championships where you had a us team. That was good. Didn't have probably better team now than they were back in two thousand nineteen but all nba players. They finished seventh. They've been seventh at the world championships. You have the seventh-place finish the loss of nigeria. How concerned are you howard beck about. Usa basketball. It's just an exhibition game. Chris oh no no. It's not just an exhibition game. Stop this team was thrown together over the last however many weeks they had what like three practices. I think i'll ever. Us team is thrown together. What are you talking about. There's no team. There's no no mid season practices for usa basketball. No but the nigerian team has been practicing. What i'm saying is some of the play in the nba though wants win the nba nba. A few of them play in the nba but that team has had time together more so than the team. Sorry brown coaching. that team. That i missed was that a facsimile of mike brown on the bench all season long. What what are we talking about. The warriors have been out for like two months kris k. Okay so two months. that's what matters. That's that's the number three three practices. Also they're still missing. I believe at least three guys because they're playing in the finals right now. Booker middleton chris paul get it. Yes not chris. Ball's not playing a holiday with the the what holland is your holiday. Those those guys will matter especially given that middleton and holiday are to the better perimeter defenders that that team. Usa has and if you look at the rest of team usa's roster. I don't see a ton of great defenders. There there are a few. I think those three guys by the way are going to be exhausted by the time they get to. They may well be. They may will be so. We're going to judge them. Judging when their whole judge when the games matter to strange to me like we don't judge nba teams based on the preseason but we judge team usa based on these exhibition games. That they do going into international competition. I feel like it's thirty. One point favorites. Why why is there betting line on a freaking exhibition better training but a little league baseball. Now country degenerates damn right. I didn't mean chris i'm with. Let's go monday. Nigeria money line. I just. I can't get too excited about this. If they lose the rest of the exhibitions does that mean something. Yeah that might be alarming if they're if they're still struggling to find some cohesion. That could be alarming. But i mean the talent is obviously their talent alone doesn't win on the international stage in style of game is different team ball matters. Shooting matters like yeah. There's a bunch of budget stuff that comes into play. But i i find the panic over this loss or at least the outcry to be a little bit much. So you don't take into account the seventh-place finish in two thousand nineteen. I mean that to me. It's the it's not just as game. The totality of it right. Like and i don't know howard like so in the early two thousands the world kind of caught up to the us ninety to ninety six thousand us. Gold maps then comes the two thousand two world championships in indianapolis and that's seven. The place finish was one of the worst worst outcomes in at least recent usa history. They got it together after that. They hired jerry colangelo. They bringing mike chef ski. They get their act together. Two thousand six two thousand eight then. They run off. Three consecutive years are three consecutive cycles of gold. Medals is argon. Made that like the world's caught up again that somewhere along the way and the last four or five years. The rest of the world has once again caught up usa basketball. I'm trying to understand this. I mean that's close games in those olympics cycles. No question about it. But i can't imagine the oh eight. Twelve or sixteen team losing nigeria. I can't exhibition or otherwise. I can't see it happening. No team and the and the one that followed it were built around like lebron koby. Carmelo enjoying wait. I mean that that groups at another level like as good as this group is that we're seeing right now as talented as they are after k. D. tatum's really good damian. Lillard is great. I mean come arbit- tatum. Bill lillard auto bio levin. Draymond dream ends up there in years but one has won some things. Jeremy grant jeremy grant zach living out of like. These are guys who have done anything in the nba yet. But they're all stars most they're they're also but are they to level of lebron kobe now but do you think is that what you're saying then is that what you're saying to be at the level you need to have like i'm saying the crop to win. I'm saying that if we're going to start comparing the twenty twenty one team to the twenty eight a two thousand eight two thousand twelve teams there is. There is not an equivalent right now. Lebron kobe laurent cobaine weight. And plus what we what. We called olympic. Mellow like carmelo. Didn't have the success in the nba. That some of his teammates did but carmelo in terms of talent level and certainly has resume like that group was at a whole other level. That group is a different level than jason. Tatum bam outta bios. Zach levine. Okay so not saying that you necessarily should have to have that level of time firepower to win an exhibition game against nigeria. Or anybody else. But i am saying comparing usa to itself different iterations of team usa. This one is not that one. This is not as dominant group as the ones we saw in eight and two thousand twelve. It just isn't what do you do like. What's the solution here. Like i mean i jerry. Colangelo deserves an enormous amount of credit for rebuilding that program when it was at. Its nadir mitra chefs. He comes in enormous amount of credit for what they did. But as we sit here in twenty twenty one like it's almost to me howard like the usa basketball rebuilding. The program became cool. Like lebron wanted to do it. Chris paul like dwayne wade. These guys wanted to do it and then they did it. And i think playing for usa basketball didn't become quite as cool as it was fifteen years ago. Like is that what has to happen like does not need to have like a fifth place finish in tokyo for all of a sudden the next generation of a-list stars wherever that may be in two thousand twenty four to come back into the mix and is that the only way this team can win. I mean i think we need to pay attention to the overall context like obviously one. These olympics were supposed to happen a year ago. They're delayed a year because of covid got durant out of it though like that right. It's questionable whether these the olympic should be happening at all still but along the way because of these back to back brutal seasons and everything else like team. Usa doesn't have james harden right now. Doesn't have anthony davis because of the injury doesn't have steph curry doesn't have kyrie irving doesn't have lebron kawai again. If your argument is that the second or third tier it sounds like sounds like insulting. Somehow but if you're saying that the next wave believe after those guys should still be good enough to dominate on the world stage. Maybe but if the point is that the team as best are they still. Are they still able to win. Gold fairly easily. Your probably but a bunch of them aren't on this team right now because of injuries and just the stress of the last year or two so this this is not necessarily representative of the best of the best right now. It just isn't and yes. They should still be good enough to win. Yes the world has caught up to some extent. No the the group that at nigeria's put it put out there last week. Does not leap off the page improbably. Us should've still want it. But again i exhibition game after like three practices. Let's see what happens with the rest of this. This schedule out brought mellow back. I mean he's not what he was four years ago. Eight years ago twelve years ago but the guy knows how to play international basketball. He might have sat. maybe. I guess. I didn't really. I assume that he just want to keep. He didn't kind of like four formerly re retire from the olympics. But it'd be pretty much says like i'm done like lebron kinda did to get talked into it. I feel like. I don't know if i was if i was the usa team would try really hard to get carmelo blake because his style. Whatever it is to the nba is perfect for the national basketball. He's a really good or national basketball player. On this subject damian lillard. He spoke for the first time. Since the hiring of chauncey billips. Only listen to what little had to say about his future in portland. I'm prepared to go in and do my job every year. Like hopefully we make strides over direction and could become a better team a new coach notice. That's where i am. What soured it sounds like. Lillard is at least nominally on board with going back to the blazers. But if i'm a team out there with assets. I don't listen to that response and say well it's over damian. Lillard is back on the same page with the portland trailblazers. If i'm a team with assets i hold onto those assets because it feels to me like the blazers might be one like sixteen to start from blowing that whole thing up with louis mccollum on the way out the door so get the sense now. That seems more likely than not that damian lillard at blazers training camp. He's in ablaze uniform. He starts the season with the portland trailblazers. But if it doesn't work with chauncey billips early and you get close that trade deadline. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see portland decide. Look we've got a. We've got to do something here and opened the door for damian lillard trade. What do you think. I think that nothing has changed. I think that his remarks last week because he sounded a little bit lukewarm. Or just you know you hear one of two things. Well you want to hear one thing if you're a portland trail blazers fan or if you're just looking for any indication that lillard is all in your you want to hear him say listen. I know things are rough right now. But i'm all in you know this is. This is where. I want to be you to repeat all the usual talking points that you hear from players in his position and that we've heard from bradley beal that we used to hear from james harden houston. Which is a win in phil in city fill in the blank with the city. I want to win here. I don't wanna go somewhere else. You know we're going to get this right blah blah. He didn't go down the usual list. And so i think it left open. Some interpretation but getting has changed like the disappointment was clear when the season ended. Some of the things have happened since including obviously the the the train wreck away they went about the the coaching search and lillard. Being caught in the crossfire. There at feeling heat from fans about chauncey billips being selected and so. I don't think we should expect he's going to be rah. Rah right now The trailblazers have a lot of work to do. But we also have not even hit the summer yet. Like there's the draft hasn't happened yet. Free agency hasn't happened yet. There's there's a lot of work to be done. And i think if you're damian lillard which you're probably doing is internally saying here's what i need to see happen externally saying you know what let's let's wait and see i mean you see. He can't he can't say publicly the same things that he's telling say neal o'shea right about what the the state of the roster i i would think that there are some very impassioned debates or discussions being held behind closed doors about what they need to get this thing right and if they can't get it right the he might shift is his stance about staying there long term. But that hasn't happened yet that we know of. What do you think the most interesting potential conversation is amongst players over these next four weeks like i'm kind of curious what jason tatum bradley beal talk about. Tatum and beal close friends dating back to their highschool days both went to the same high school bill with something of a mentor to jason. Tatum actually got him involved with his trainer. Drew hanlin which helped. Tatum elevate his his personal skills and they've talked about how happy they are to be playing together. Played the all star game together for the first time beal last year of his contract. Like you know we've seen these conversations yield real tangible conversation. You'd like to be a fly on the wall on for any of these guys in the next couple of weeks. Yeah i mean look we. We have a history now going back over a decade. If we're to believe that the that the heels were formed in part through team usa activities. You know which is true which is true. That's that's yielded an extra things guy. You know guys who you mentioned. Tatum and bill because they were already friends but guys also become friends through this experience right and then they start getting the ideas about playing together. Like oh hey. This is a lot of fun. Let's do this again in the nba. So there's i'm i'm sure some of that is is happening. It always does. Who else in that group. I mean man. If any of these guys that'd be trying to recruit bam out a bio but he's too early in his in his contract with miami to pry him loose from there And you know the heater still a pretty potent team but you know jimmy butler is up there in miles and outta bios future won't necessarily be there forever. That's the way it goes in the nba. I think tatum has the potential to be like the biggest recruiter. They're like he's about to start the first year of his max level extension. He can recruit bill. But like you can also does damian lillard like. It's great to play in boston. I love it here. Answer some questions of my have a playing on the east coast for the first time. Like i think data might be boston's best asset at this point. Yeah again some of this comes down to bradley. Beal's coming up to that point where he has the leverage to task out because of his contract lillard under contract for several more years and so he's not in that position. So what if it says. Like i need to go like. I don't foresee the blazers being no finish your contract. Just don't see it. i think right. And they would work with him on a deal to sure but directing it is harder so beal can use the leverage of his free agency to say well if you send me to team x. I'm not gonna resign there. Which then blows up that deal and he can direct himself to the team he really wants to be at lillard would have a harder time to doing that. Because he doesn't have free agency looming two to play that card. Yeah well i encourage any reporter. That's in tokyo tatum. Beal and lillard talking to each other. Just take a picture and then let the internet go wild crazy because it will unquestionably last thing for you. Howard the breaking news. This week in the coaching ranks. Is that jamal moseley is headed to orlando moseley of course last with dallas. A really well respected assistant coach there. Who was a candidate for that. Maverick job before. It went to jason kidd my immediate reaction to that higher howard beyond i think being an excellent choice for orlando is that we're gonna look at at moseley and jason kidd on parallel tracks. The next couple of years moseley. There was a strong case to be made that he should have been elevated to that head. Coaching job he'd been considered for other head coaching jobs. Before most recently in new york he had by all accounts a great relationship with luka doncic i understand bringing kit in he's got a history with dallas and as riccar lau said publicly having a player that played the game like kid and having a player that plays the game like don-shik make some sense to pair those two guys together. But there's always going to be as i watched these two situations unfold. I'm gonna wonder you know. Did the mavericks make the right choice. Leading jamaa moseley go and bringing jason kidd in and there's so many variables in this the first being at orlando's in step one or maybe even steps zero of a massive rebuild right there in the negatives right now. I think there's still maybe more fat to trim on that roster before they really bottom out. Yeah and you know you talk about trying to build around. You know markelle foltz. And and jonathan isaac jonathan isaac for so long. They're getting hurt and he's a great player but they've loved writing in a weird way john stays healthy. He's still more of a complementary store right like he's he's a potentially defensive player of the year at some point. He's not a guy who you're building an offense around though and marquel foltz okay. He he got himself back on track in orlando. He has a career now where he didn't have one but he's not a foundational building block. Come on like that's crazy so the roster doesn't have much talent jamal. Moseley's is coming into a situation. Which a lot of first time head coach is committed to which is all right. There's a lot of work to do so You're gonna have to do a lot of development. You're going to have to take a lotta lumps in the win loss column. It's gonna be rough going for the first year or two or maybe three. Let's see how they can get things going. But you know as it has been a certain other like kenny. Atkinson came to look a completely hopeless situation in brooklyn but was known as development coach in atlanta. And sure enough. Everybody who went there. Joe harris spencer. Dinwiddie jared allen versus lower. First round picks. Guys who were you know whether they were reclamation projects whether they were low picks everybody seems to get better the second they went to brooklyn and play kenny atkinson and his staff congenial. Moseley have the kind of effect in orlando can the front office. Get him to kind of guys. That will thrive in that in that kind of environment and carve out careers from cells and carbon identities. Jamal moseley has a lot going for him. And we've heard like many great things about it but we often hear great things about assistant coaches who don't end up panning out so i always. We have to caution ourselves on these things. Because i thought. Brian shaw was gonna be a great head coach and he was. Everybody loved him all the players sung as praises when he was associate head coach under frank. Vogel indiana he goes to denver probably just the wrong guy at the wrong time but he hasn't had another shot since then but that went really badly. Brett brown was really great in in some respects for the for the early years of the process and then suddenly. It seemed like they'd hit some sort of ceiling. Eager kokoschka of had been talked about for years is a great assistant. Coach didn't work out. Swells head coach in phoenix. David dale bumpy ride in memphis and then disastrous in new york. We just don't know like luke walton. Another example like there are plenty of coaches who as their when their assistance. We hear and see the best of them and then you know some of them be go on it and have great success coaches. I mean tyler has been fantastic. Mike malone has been fantastic money williams. Nick nurse dwayne casey a lotta longtime assistance. Get their shot and then you know it. It works out in a dozen. It's all contextual. It's all just the opportunity you have the thing for dallas is. They went with a guy who has experienced jason kit. That experience was not necessarily good experience. Like i think most people around the would look at what he did in milwaukee in brooklyn and say. I'm going to steer clear. Maybe you'd rather have the the unproven. Jamal moseley versus the somewhat proven jason kidd but. I don't think we'll know what the right choice was there for a while yet. Because it's it's gonna take some time before we can evaluate moseley as head coach. I maybe jason kidd learned something in two years as an assistant. I mean that happens. You know working with lebron for entire for two entire seasons working under frank vogel maybe picked up some things that'll be useful to him as a head coach. Moseley to me. The key is giving him time. Like you've got to be committed to moseley for a minimum. I think of three years and more likely five years. And then you see what you have in head coach. You mentioned gore. I mean it's worked out for phoenix. Absolutely but i do think he got hosed out there i mean he only had one year on the job and that year was without deandra aiden chris. Paul had devon booker of course but that was not a good team that he was coaching. There i gotta get moses the because you want to see what the guy can do when you put that team in a position to win a great example to me is james breglio in charlotte. I mean berea. Was one of those guys assistant coach elevated to head coaching position in charlotte. Not great first couple of years there but when he was given players and chance to win he did pretty well. I mean up until lamelo ball went out the horns were really good team and i think they will be a good team. Going forward in part because of the borrego is a pretty good coach. I want to see this magic team. Invest heavily in jamal. The you're the guy developed these guys and we'll keep you around no matter what the won loss record says until you get a chance to win then you judge like brett brown six or seven days since brett brown left but i can see the for letting go of brett brown. I mean they had a talented team and to a degree the underachieved. But you've got to let the coach get a roster on that level before you really make any decisions about whether they can coach. Yeah well and that's the thing about. This is what set up says apart. I think the good organizations from the bad ones is that you you decide when you choose a guy. Especially if he's a longtime assistant not a guy with head coaching experience. And you've said we believe in this guy. This is somebody who's got a great trekker record as an assistant. We're going to first opportunity. It's your obligation to when you say investment. Yeah it's time investment. It's a give them all the tools to succeed. Give him the time to succeed. You've decided you believe in him. So stand behind that have the conviction to stand behind that and take some bumps along the way you know maybe maybe memphis and or the knicks should have stuck with david physed longer. You know we had heard nothing but great things about fiscal coming out of miami. Initially we may yet you know. Find out that he. He can be great head coach in the right situation. Maybe those worth rights situations. He might be one of those guys though. I love physios and assist one of those guys. Though the just the temperament is always important. Like the government like memphis yet. Some battles with market assault didn't work out your plus new york. You just might be one of those guys that doesn't have the right temperament to be is based on what we've seen a memphis in new york might be better suited for these ranks but if he succeeds in l. a. I think he'll get another chance right. Maybe i think the point being though that if you as an organization have identified a guy instead he we believe in him then. Okay then believe in him. Stick with them and make sure you've given them enough tools to succeed Is it a pulling the plug at the first sign of of struggle and that's what happens in the nba. too often. is that seems panic. You know the fans turn. There's some minor flare up. Oh the coach and player got into it. Whatever it may good teams that can happen on as well. And it's it's just. It's the way franchises. React so you have to know whether or not the guy is is is right and then stick with them. And so yeah. Let's jomo's should get a nice long here. She got a ton of latitude in orlando given where they are as an organization given the state of that roster. Yeah i agree. Howard enjoy milwaukee looking forward to hearing the conversation with the lazarus on friday. You can check podcast. Right here on the crossover feet again. Make sure you listen to howard's interview. Spencer dinwiddie from last week. It was really really strong. Enjoy -joy the mid west our. We'll talk when you're back on the northeast always a pleasure. My friend the newest player in the pre nba basketball landscape is overtime. Elite elite will begin playing sometime in the fall. And we'll be headlined by some of the top now. Former high school players in the country players would be paid minimum one hundred thousand dollars with some making north of that and have access to high level facilities training as well as educational programs to help. Get a better grasp on that. I'm joined by brandon williams the head of basketball operations for overtime. Elite and kevin ollie the former. Nba guard uconn. Coach was the head coach and director of player development bread. And i want to start here with you. Just kind of give me the ten thousand foot view overtime elite. What are the objectives. What what what was behind the formation of this league. I think any of us. Chris who've been around for a long time i've actually seen Sort of the downside of young players who entered into professional ranks to this point. It's been the nba Who are not ready. And so what does that mean you know not not ready to form and be stars or is it just not ready to be great teammates or is it not ready to be good partners. is sort of all that you know the idea that the work day is much longer than they know. And that there's more responsibility to be in a professional athlete The responsibilities to families and communities we just have to do a better job preparing them and here was an opportunity to be part of a program that wanted to address all that. It's not just about being a good player. It's like we wanna address the whole athlete. Hope so on. Three levels were hitting basketball. Easiest thing understand. I think businesses in our world is education And then there's brand you know. These young people now are moving at a speed that we aren't as older folks and they want to build things An earlier age particularly off the court so building a brand is important something that can last well beyond their tread on tire so we're hitting it in basketball business brand. That's that's that's really thirty thousand foot view. Kevin what attracted you to this job. Just like his dad is the whole person being able coach them from a mind body and soul Experience and understanding the mindfulness athlete I've seen it from a pro level. Got up tune into play thirteen years with twelve different teams so i understand like the different trials and tribulations you go through with a player not saying that these players are gonna go through that but is getting them more prepared if they do come into some certain situations where it's not typically going the right way. How can they manage that situation. So what they do today can echo into tomorrow and having the ability to kana paint on a black blank. Canvas is what a really attracted to me to to this you know. Ot league program we can take the player really shape the curriculum you not with teaching them about subjects. But we're really teaching them about themselves as well from media training From mental health issues. All the different things that come involved because we all know chris is stress. You know from success is a lot of pressures is a lot of people pulling at you. It's a lot of people won't certain things. But how do you deal with that from a player's standpoint where you can play when you get on the basketball court and half clear and not be caught up in the distractions of off the court issues. Um as desks desks were really kind of vocal. Spirit to give back in it and how these kids you know. Have these players be available at the moment of truth to make the right decisions and that was very important to me. Kevin as you mentioned you played in the nba brand. You played in the nba. As well i wanna ask both of you guys and kevin. I'll start with you like if this was available to you as sixteen. seventeen year. Old looking back. Would you have founded attractive with a definitely founded attractive You know i kind of thought the box anyway. I was from chris. Shaw from from from south central and i chose connecticut. So you places that. I didn't even know nothing about growing up. You always thought out the box and never wanted to go down a path that everybody was going down So i was always curious. And i think that's how my mom especially my mom. My dad raised me. So i definitely been curious of this situation. No no speaking now without you know took it. I'm not sure. But i think it really gave me another option to look at it and this is what we're trying to do not saying that the ncaa is wrong overtime. Leaders wrong or right. It's not about that. It's about if you really care about the student. Athletes you give them as much options as possible. And i think this gives the lee student athlete. Another option and i think you know it's a very Great option for them to have and if they choose overtime league we're going to give our whole heart to make sure they're developed on and off the basketball court chris i- jumping after coach It would have been interesting. Chris but i certainly would not have been a candidate i would. Let's just get that right. What what things that's important. We sit down going through just grassroots community and we spent months just talking to people educating about. You know what we're about who we are. Each of us has a reputation in some other space. Not here The this program isn't for everybody is not the right fit for everybody. We are cherry picking and a lot of ways. These are players that feel like they are destined for professional basketball. There are a lot of sixteen year olds. That don't know that yet and their parents aren't convinced that yet in people that support them. Don't don't feel that confidence yet. They may be another year away or two years away but this is not. This is not the right path for everyone. Twenty four athletes roughly twelve per class. We're looking at juniors and seniors and the truth is at this age. What was really funny about scouting them is everybody's skinny and like a lanky and underdeveloped and still has like a mountain of upside to you know to to get through before you can really see who they're going to be but you know if you have a young player like brand williams who's just dreaming of being an nba player but does not much certainty. That's even realistic We gotta be very careful about this approach In taking because there there are risks but for those that that have already established in this deke. They've established a day of separated from their class. You know jaylen. Lewis has an example the most recent example. He's he's he's elevated in separate. The draft isn't tomorrow though so there's still a lot of work to do but he's already in front running physician and it gives everyone low confidence that this is the kind of investment and the kind of pet that would make a ton of sense for players like that. Let me follow up on that brandon. Because you're you're entering. What suddenly become a fairly crowded space in terms of leagues like this. You know the g. league ignite is one season in but they've had a measure of success. We've seen jalen green probably a top pick. Jonathan kamenga top five or six. Then you have the ncw with this. Recent ruling allowing top players to make money off their name image and likeness. How does how does the elite separate itself from that group. Why think i is. We start a little bit sooner so the g. league zone a great job with what we call it a year the prep year that year. That a recent graduates would be going to college and they've already been hacking the system you know going to italy or china So so there's a market for those players and we want an alternative to college for for for us though. Our players are seeking an alternative to high school so we are a school but we think about the resources that were bringing to the table first of which being an nba like environment You know start coach. Ali coach lehto in a robust set of staff. I mean scouting staff a high performance staff administrative team. Our goal was to simulate an nba organization for for young athletes at sixteen seventeen eighteen. Th there there is no other environment. Like that. And i think the big way that we separate with high school athletes Is that both domestically and internationally. We're able to put twenty four of them together in a building. So what we're selling is the best competition for these guys starts at home. I mean every day in line coaches don't minister drills administer competition aspects of practice and getting ready for games but when you look to the right and left and i noticed as a player. There's no weak link. I mean everywhere you look. There's somebody that's doing what you're doing and possibly doing more. Because they they are not just dreamed about the into the league or to the high level. They're on their way there That's where we've been able to. I think create a little separation from others that have tried or looked at something. Like this kevin. How do you approach this job. Do you do it in a similar mindset and you had at uconn where you have young players you also you know yukon. You had to keep them academically eligible you to follow that pretty closely. I mean is there is it a similar mindset or do you take a different tact. I think you just let it be you know. Similar is not. It's just whatever comes you say yes to it and you cultivate hope from it I never coached high school players. They was always you know graduated from high school. And now they're freshman's This situation is a little different in in was recruiting for two to three years. This situation is a little different. But you know from me. Chris i love the unknown about it. And that's the space i live in. Not just wanna make sure that. I have the space incorporate something in these players that they can just think about it can build from a have a foundation so when they make the transition they have every tool in the toolbox to say okay. Oh that's a problem Assess it let me be able to correct it. Let me obsessed. Let me be aware of it and i think that's the difference between you know coaching a high school kid in in the college. Kid i mean you get able to mold them a little bit better and then you have to understand where they at. Now you know back then. I didn't have social media. We didn't have social media now. These kids these players are building their brand a little bit earlier and now you just meet them where they are. And i can't wait to get them up on campus get them up until atlanta just continue to build a great relationship. Welcome spend time with the one on one in. This situation is going to provide us to do a lot more skill development that i didn't have a really good opportunity and it had not one say good opportunity. I didn't have the best opportunity. Because there's so many things we own a row recruiting You own a row fundraising these different things. Brandon's taken care of in. Dan porter is taken care of. I can just really coach the player and work on his skill development on and off the basketball court. So it's really given me my own lane. So i can really perform my job. Mama job is really breaking down and relationships it starts. Relationship is start with trust. Stars will hold is spending time with the the young student athletes on and off the basketball court and pushed them to greatness and the competition is not on. our side of competition is with him. You know can you beat your previous best bestself. Can you be better than today you know. Can you be better tomorrow than you were date. And that's what i'm coaching. And that's what i love to do. And i think we're going to have some great young man as open as biden has going to be vulnerable going to try to reach for the sky. In the sky is going to be ob- you is not going to be limits. I can't wait to get up to atlanta. We've been having some many camps. Chris has been wonderful to get back on the court with the guys. And i'm looking forward to the next mini camp and dan looking forward to getting them up to atlanta. So we really can go to work. You know when. I was was talking to brian. shaw a couple of months ago. Kevin about how he was coaching. The ignite you know it was a lot of pro stop. He was trying to bring to that team. Are you taking that same. Approach you trying to coach them like their nba players or something different. No it's nothing different is just. I'm building pro. Habits in every situation is going to be different. Chris this is going to be some guys. Come in you know. Say for instance like a. John montero will we got him and he you know is a little bit more advanced than some other players because he's been a pro- already and then it's going to be another situation where we gotta talented guy might not be able to get quick but these opportunities we can go at our own pace we can sit down and talk to them but we're really teaching and building pro habits and those habits is going to translate over to them being great pros when that opportunity come invest in the nba are the euro league so every day you know we are building like a practice plan like more of a college practice plan nba practice bandwidth doing drills. That i got from my numerous stops in the nba. You know we're doing sets in the nba. Then we gotta understand that sixteen years old as well you know and maybe sometimes you gotta you know kinda doubt it down a little bit. But i'm gonna let com. I'm going to let that go. i'm not going to focus on one of it. I'm not gonna say oh. We're doing this process. 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Divers inventors patent and unleash economic opportunity. Find out at invent together dot org learn more and take action today brandon not to continue to compare this team to the ignite but when i talked to sharieff abderrahim about that i mean. I had asked him about the sustainability of that team. Given how much. Money was being poured in to pay some of the players. And he bobbed and weaved floyd mayweather trying to answer that question. Because it's it's hard to commit to it without say a television contract more sponsorships and things like that when you can you speak to kind of the sustainability of this because we've seen startups with an influx of cash. Get get in big the first year. But then peter out. I mean what needs to happen. Four overtime elite to become a long term successful program while has got to answers. I think you know a concept. I mean we're we're selling on the ability to develop young players and have a more more pro ready right. So this is. This is the path we are offering basketball development. Call it professional Business development And we are also like leveraging. What is an incredible media platform that again. The things that we like to call a distinguishing factors. That's a huge one. So not to bob and weave one. We gotta be good ass. You know that. That's how have long deputy spurs the spurs. They were good for really long time. And so we've got the that there were good at this note. No pressure on kale right The the the second piece though is you know and this comes from my my time in the nba. It just wasn't that long ago where it out of chicago. Pre-draft combine interview. If i said. I wanna build my brand. Everybody in the room was like smirking and like you know what. What are we talking about like. It's about basketball basketball basketball And you know if you are young team developing and not winning a lot of games truth is you can't sell just basketball because your basketball isn't great you got to sell personalities and stories in that there's something that people can invest in in fall in love with other than like the final score like otherwise. The sixers had no chance right any any development team yet to buy into a story and for us. I think we have a chance to create stories but we get a chance to show those stories because we have a platform. So it's it doesn't take much. I mean i'm not a social media guru. But when i got recruited for this job haven't been around the block a little bit certainly from an nba perspective. I heard a couple of things. I really got my attention. One was fifty million followers That's eyeballs and we all know that that Business follows the eyeballs in whatever in whatever respect. The other was which is unfair. Because i think that number changes month over month but it started at one point four and not set maybe one point eight or one point nine billion with a b. billion views of content a month that overtime in some ways has found a way to the heart. The mind of young people It is being communicated and solid as you know the generation z. sort media and content engine We are doing an amazing thing here which is developing young talent in a pure way that we want to make sure that they are prepared. Top to bottom to do well on the court to do well and communities to do well in business but then there's this other thing which is they want to be known like. No player wants to play in an empty building. Everybody wants to play where it matters. They wanna play. When nick can rock and like the building and just like recognizing their talent. We're just artists. And one thing that is kind of showcase. By one event that that overtime overtime the media company producing s called. You see it on youtube to. Is that over. Hundred million people watched that. I mean that that's not an insignificant number that players that are going to play overtime. Lee will have the opportunity to be known The the opportunity of bring brick big brands to the table and support this platform If not already indicated by the kinds of investors that that have shown interest but the brands that are coming to the table our sustainability is going to be showing value delivering value to not just the athletes but to overtime visibility. I would imagine great for them but can you monetize it. Can you make it so this league is in the black or does it need to be in the black every year. Well my the good news is as a basketball man. No different than a different than the is Get a budget. My job is to be fishing and and spend wisely. I i'm not. I'm not asked to sell tickets or generate revenue that's for a tremendous And in successful a business operations Our job is to make sure that what we are delivering is high is a high level product That you see the growth and development of our young players. What's there recruited. We gotta make them better. They need to be able to perform and probably the best testament of our success is going to be our nba. Gm voting with this pick right but with a coach saying like they did a nice job. This guy was. Well coached testament to takeo and the rest of the coaching staff. That if we're doing that will prove successful. Because guess what the next crop of recruits when we're in the gym like we're not chasing them. There's sort of meeting us at at minimum half way. We need to keep bringing high level taliban and developing talent to prove successful and i have a tremendous set of partners across academics and across content media. That will will do their part to elevate our business. Can you expecting to tap into some of your. nba relationships. I mean as you mentioned thirteen teams in twelve seasons. You've made a lot of friends over the years. We're going to see like san preston sitting in the crowd for your practices as a whole so sam and so many gyms that i know you know Kevin durant and all these guys are destinies in overtime. Just having them be around. We had our first minicamp. Ray allen showed up and not only showed up. He brought his son to work out with guys. Just it was just amazing. does just see how the branches that we can continue to pull up on and they continue to pull on us and be a partnership in. This thing is going to be great. Are you expecting to have kind of drop ins. Durant's involved with the league. You expecting these guys. Just be around. Which i would imagine would be both a resource for you but also an attractive quality to this league definitely. Definitely we going to build a place where it's going to be hopefully a development premier development destination for everybody and you know hopefully katie can come out and work out with guys and russell westbrook and james harden and all these guys that we know and i know i had opportunity to be evolved. Then it's kinda beat a veteran guys We want them to be around. Because it's not. Just me sean. It's also watching tape like these are the different drills and look how k. d. and look how chris paul is using the pick and rolls and now they're showing up that's a that's a big big bang for us with us growing these young talented student athletes To get them inspired to the next level and they're doing a great job done only gonna do. I coached him. Chris a coach me on a day to day basis. I'm open to that and we just really want to have a love affair with guys and and the end of the day chris. We want appease the basketball guys. We wanna play the right way. We want to share a basketball. We wanna run. We wanna have fun. We want how to join the game but it can't just be me me me. It has to be weak. And i'm wanting to teach guys how to be involved in any system they get drafted about. They can be a part of a productive system and be a productive partner in in the community as well no matter what city they when they arrive to the nba brandon. Before let you go. What schedule gonna look like i mean is this team playing. Just walk me through kind of what these kids are getting into. And what kind of schedule you gonna be able to put together so schedule that that is really interesting for everybody. And i wanna try to illuminate. But i've got to be careful we are still contracting with some teams But for the audience the think about it in buckets. We're gonna play independent prep schools. That's going to be a significant part of our schedule. We are a high school so we are looking to schedule. Some of the top independence that you would typically no to have a national schedule can travel that have the ability to be mobile. We're scheduling home and away with with With those folks and it looks like net set as an example It looks like you know. Folks that are playing for a national title Arizona florida california. So it'll be a widespread travel schedule for us. We're also looking at European competition so think about junior euroleague as an example. Some of the best clubs the Insects as an example Where we can get a collection of sixteen to nineteen year old elite talent to compete against us. And then as i mentioned earlier on the show we really feel like the best competition is gonna come internally and that's where our league play Comes into effect so we are looking at our group of twenty four as three teams of eight. There will be standings you'll be able to track will compete against each other. That'll be a significant part of our schedule as well. We don't want to overstep our guys one of the things. We really wanna correct leading science. Guide us here. is is minimized the wear and tear. Nobody's while still developing and preparing for a professional level place so a schedule of maybe thirty five. To forty games is our target. We started september Training camp will will begin Play by mid august. We'll be done by by Late march is how we see our schedule shaping up i'm looking forward to it brennan kevin. It's a really interesting concept and hope you guys have a lot of success with an. I'll certainly be watching a lot of. Nba people will be watching but brandon. Stay out of a set of massachusetts. Kevin has like some basketball. Ptsd from all those bc. Matchups i'm sure would probably were so tough. I don't remember kevin. It's not real like talk about it. But lita past. We'd be six thousand. That's not very nice. That's hovering kevin brand. Thanks for joining me. I appreciate it all right. Thank you chris. Thanks so much.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
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"When the olympics start will be the most talented team in tokyo. Hands down no question. Most talented team in tokyo with the roster that they have but this is like a five alarm fire right now howard. This loss to nigeria. I don't care if they win the rest of these pre olympic games which will take place through next sunday. This has to make you nervous if you're a fan of the team because not only is it this. The loss to nigeria. But you go back two years ago at the world championships where you had a us team. That was good. Didn't have probably better team now than they were back in two thousand nineteen but all nba players. They finished seventh. They've been seventh at the world championships. You have the seventh-place finish the loss of nigeria. How concerned are you howard beck about. Usa basketball. It's just an exhibition game. Chris oh no no. It's not just an exhibition game. Stop this team was thrown together over the last however many weeks they had what like three practices. I think i'll ever. Us team is thrown together. What are you talking about. There's no team. There's no no mid season practices for usa basketball. No but the nigerian team has been practicing. What i'm saying is some of the play in the nba though wants win the nba nba. A few of them play in the nba but that team has had time together more so than the team. Sorry brown coaching. that team. That i missed was that a facsimile of mike brown on the bench all season long. What what are we talking about. The warriors have been out for like two months kris k. Okay so two months. that's what matters. That's that's the number three three practices. Also they're still missing. I believe at least three guys because they're playing in the finals right now. Booker middleton chris paul get it. Yes not chris. Ball's not playing a holiday with the the what holland is your holiday. Those those guys will matter especially given that middleton and holiday are to the better perimeter defenders that that team. Usa has and if you look at the rest of team usa's roster. I don't see a ton of great defenders. There there are a few. I think those three guys by the way are going to be exhausted by the time they get to. They may well be. They may will be so. We're going to judge them. Judging when their whole judge when the games matter to strange to me like we don't judge nba teams based on the preseason but we judge team usa based on these exhibition games. That they do going into international competition. I feel like it's thirty. One point favorites. Why why is there betting line on a freaking exhibition better training but a little league baseball. Now country degenerates damn right. I didn't mean chris i'm with. Let's go monday. Nigeria money line. I just. I can't get too excited about this. If they lose the rest of the exhibitions does that mean something. Yeah that might be alarming if they're if they're still struggling to find some cohesion. That could be alarming. But i mean the talent is obviously their talent alone doesn't win on the international stage in style of game is different team ball matters. Shooting matters like yeah. There's a bunch of budget stuff that comes into play. But i i find the panic over this loss or at least the outcry to be a little bit much. So you don't take into account the seventh-place finish in two thousand nineteen. I mean that to me. It's the it's not just as game. The totality of it right. Like and i don't know howard like so in the early two thousands the world kind of caught up to the us ninety to ninety six thousand us. Gold maps then comes the two thousand two world championships in indianapolis and that's seven. The place finish was one of the worst worst outcomes in at least recent usa history. They got it together after that. They hired jerry colangelo. They bringing mike chef ski. They get their act together. Two thousand six two thousand eight then. They run off. Three consecutive years are three consecutive cycles of gold. Medals is argon. Made that like the world's caught up again that somewhere along the way and the last four or five years. The rest of the world has once again caught up usa basketball. I'm trying to understand this. I mean that's close games in those olympics cycles. No question about it. But i can't imagine the oh eight. Twelve or sixteen team losing nigeria. I can't exhibition or otherwise. I can't see it happening. No team and the and the one that followed it were built around like lebron koby. Carmelo enjoying wait. I mean that that groups at another level like as good as this group is that we're seeing right now as talented as they are after k. D. tatum's really good damian. Lillard is great. I mean come arbit- tatum. Bill lillard auto bio levin. Draymond dream ends up there in years but one has won some things. Jeremy grant jeremy grant zach living out of like. These are guys who have done anything in the nba yet. But they're all stars most they're they're also but are they to level of lebron kobe now but do you think is that what you're saying then is that what you're saying to be at the level you need to have like i'm saying the crop to win. I'm saying that if we're going to start comparing the twenty twenty one team to the twenty eight a two thousand eight two thousand twelve teams there is. There is not an equivalent right now. Lebron kobe laurent cobaine weight. And plus what we what. We called olympic. Mellow like carmelo. Didn't have the success in the nba. That some of his teammates did but carmelo in terms of talent level and certainly has resume like that group was at a whole other level. That group is a different level than jason. Tatum bam outta bios. Zach levine. Okay so not saying that you necessarily should have to have that level of time firepower to win an exhibition game against nigeria. Or anybody else. But i am saying comparing usa to itself different iterations of team usa. This one is not that one. This is not as dominant group as the ones we saw in eight and two thousand twelve. It just isn't what do you do like. What's the solution here. Like i mean i jerry. Colangelo deserves an enormous amount of credit for rebuilding that program when it was at. Its nadir mitra chefs. He comes in enormous amount of credit for what they did. But as we sit here in twenty twenty one like it's almost to me howard like the usa basketball rebuilding. The program became cool. Like lebron wanted to do it. Chris paul like dwayne wade. These guys wanted to do it and then they did it. And i think playing for usa basketball didn't become quite as cool as it was fifteen years ago. Like is that what has to happen like does not need to have like a fifth place finish in tokyo for all of a sudden the next generation of a-list stars wherever that may be in two thousand twenty four to come back into the mix and is that the only way this team can win. I mean i think we need to pay attention to the overall context like obviously one. These olympics were supposed to happen a year ago. They're delayed a year because of covid got durant out of it though like that right. It's questionable whether these the olympic should be happening at all still but along the way because of these back to back brutal seasons and everything else like team. Usa doesn't have james harden right now. Doesn't have anthony davis because of the injury doesn't have steph curry doesn't have kyrie irving doesn't have lebron kawai again. If your argument is that the second or third tier it sounds like sounds like insulting. Somehow but if you're saying that the next wave believe after those guys should still be good enough to dominate on the world stage. Maybe but if the point is that the team as best are they still. Are they still able to win. Gold fairly easily. Your probably but a bunch of them aren't on this team right now because of injuries and just the stress of the last year or two so this this is not necessarily representative of the best of the best right now. It just isn't and yes. They should still be good enough to win. Yes the world has caught up to some extent. No the the group that at nigeria's put it put out there last week. Does not leap off the page improbably. Us should've still want it. But again i exhibition game after like three practices. Let's see what happens with the rest of this. This schedule out brought mellow back. I mean he's not what he was four years ago. Eight years ago twelve years ago but the guy knows how to play international basketball. He might have sat. maybe. I guess. I didn't really. I assume that he just want to keep. He didn't kind of like four formerly re retire from the olympics. But it'd be pretty much says like i'm done like lebron kinda did to get talked into it. I feel like. I don't know if i was if i was the usa team would try really hard to get carmelo blake because his style. Whatever it is to the nba is perfect for the national basketball. He's a really good or national basketball player. On this subject damian lillard. He spoke for the first time. Since the hiring of chauncey billips. Only listen to what little had to say about his future in portland. I'm prepared to go in and do my job every year. Like hopefully we make strides over direction and could become a better team a new coach notice. That's where i am. What soured it sounds like. Lillard is at least nominally on board with going back to the blazers. But if i'm a team out there with assets. I don't listen to that response and say well it's over damian. Lillard is back on the same page with the portland trailblazers. If i'm a team with assets i hold onto those assets because it feels to me like the blazers might be one like sixteen to start from blowing that whole thing up with louis mccollum on the way out the door so get the sense now. That seems more likely than not that damian lillard at blazers training camp. He's in ablaze uniform. He starts the season with the portland trailblazers. But if it doesn't work with chauncey billips early and you get close that trade deadline. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see portland decide. Look we've got a. We've got to do something here and opened the door for damian lillard trade. What do you think. I think that nothing has changed. I think that his remarks last week because he sounded a little bit lukewarm. Or just you know you hear one of two things. Well you want to hear one thing if you're a portland trail blazers fan or if you're just looking for any indication that lillard is all in your you want to hear him say listen. I know things are rough right now. But i'm all in you know this is. This is where. I want to be you to repeat all the usual talking points that you hear from players in his position and that we've heard from bradley beal that we used to hear from james harden houston. Which is a win in phil in city fill in the blank with the city. I want to win here. I don't wanna go somewhere else. You know we're going to get this right blah blah. He didn't go down the usual list. And so i think it left open. Some interpretation but getting has changed like the disappointment was clear when the season ended. Some of the things have happened since including obviously the the the train wreck away they went about the the coaching search and lillard. Being caught in the crossfire. There at feeling heat from fans about chauncey billips being selected and so. I don't think we should expect he's going to be rah. Rah right now The trailblazers have a lot of work to do. But we also have not even hit the summer yet. Like there's the draft hasn't happened yet. Free agency hasn't happened yet. There's there's a lot of work to be done. And i think if you're damian lillard which you're probably doing is internally saying here's what i need to see happen externally saying you know what let's let's wait and see i mean you see. He can't he can't say publicly the same things that he's telling say neal o'shea right about what the the state of the roster i i would think that there are some very impassioned debates or discussions being held behind closed doors about what they need to get this thing right and if they can't get it right the he might shift is his stance about staying there long term. But that hasn't happened yet that we know of. What do you think the most interesting potential conversation is amongst players over these next four weeks like i'm kind of curious what jason tatum bradley beal talk about. Tatum and beal close friends dating back to their highschool days both went to the same high school bill with something of a mentor to jason. Tatum actually got him involved with his trainer. Drew hanlin which helped. Tatum elevate his his personal skills and they've talked about how happy they are to be playing together. Played the all star game together for the first time beal last year of his contract. Like you know we've seen these conversations yield real tangible conversation. You'd like to be a fly on the wall on for any of these guys in the next couple of weeks. Yeah i mean look we. We have a history now going back over a decade. If we're to believe that the that the heels were formed in part through team usa activities. You know which is true which is true. That's that's yielded an extra things guy. You know guys who you mentioned. Tatum and bill because they were already friends but guys also become friends through this experience right and then they start getting the ideas about playing together. Like oh hey. This is a lot of fun. Let's do this again in the nba. So there's i'm i'm sure some of that is is happening. It always does. Who else in that group. I mean man. If any of these guys that'd be trying to recruit bam out a bio but he's too early in his in his contract with miami to pry him loose from there And you know the heater still a pretty potent team but you know jimmy butler is up there in miles and outta bios future won't necessarily be there forever. That's the way it goes in the nba. I think tatum has the potential to be like the biggest recruiter. They're like he's about to start the first year of his max level extension. He can recruit bill. But like you can also does damian lillard like. It's great to play in boston. I love it here. Answer some questions of my have a playing on the east coast for the first time. Like i think data might be boston's best asset at this point. Yeah again some of this comes down to bradley. Beal's coming up to that point where he has the leverage to task out because of his contract lillard under contract for several more years and so he's not in that position. So what if it says. Like i need to go like. I don't foresee the blazers being no finish your contract. Just don't see it. i think right. And they would work with him on a deal to sure but directing it is harder so beal can use the leverage of his free agency to say well if you send me to team x. I'm not gonna resign there. Which then blows up that deal and he can direct himself to the team he really wants to be at lillard would have a harder time to doing that. Because he doesn't have free agency looming two to play that card. Yeah well i encourage any reporter. That's in tokyo tatum. Beal and lillard talking to each other. Just take a picture and then let the internet go wild crazy because it will unquestionably last thing for you. Howard the breaking news. This week in the coaching ranks. Is that jamal moseley is headed to orlando moseley of course last with dallas. A really well respected assistant coach there. Who was a candidate for that. Maverick job before. It went to jason kidd my immediate reaction to that higher howard beyond i think being an excellent choice for orlando is that we're gonna look at at moseley and jason kidd on parallel tracks. The next couple of years moseley. There was a strong case to be made that he should have been elevated to that head. Coaching job he'd been considered for other head coaching jobs. Before most recently in new york he had by all accounts a great relationship with luka doncic i understand bringing kit in he's got a history with dallas and as riccar lau said publicly having a player that played the game like kid and having a player that plays the game like don-shik make some sense to pair those two guys together. But there's always going to be as i watched these two situations unfold. I'm gonna wonder you know. Did the mavericks make the right choice. Leading jamaa moseley go and bringing jason kidd in and there's so many variables in this the first being at orlando's in step one or maybe even steps zero of a massive rebuild right there in the negatives right now. I think there's still maybe more fat to trim on that roster before they really bottom out. Yeah and you know you talk about trying to build around. You know markelle foltz. And and jonathan isaac jonathan isaac for so long. They're getting hurt and he's a great player but they've loved writing in a weird way john stays healthy. He's still more of a complementary store right like he's he's a potentially defensive player of the year at some point. He's not a guy who you're building an offense around though and marquel foltz okay. He he got himself back on track in orlando. He has a career now where he didn't have one but he's not a foundational building block. Come on like that's crazy so the roster doesn't have much talent jamal. Moseley's is coming into a situation. Which a lot of first time head coach is committed to which is all right. There's a lot of work to do so You're gonna have to do a lot of development. You're going to have to take a lotta lumps in the win loss column. It's gonna be rough going for the first year or two or maybe three. Let's see how they can get things going. But you know as it has been a certain other like kenny. Atkinson came to look a completely hopeless situation in brooklyn but was known as development coach in atlanta. And sure enough. Everybody who went there. Joe harris spencer. Dinwiddie jared allen versus lower. First round picks. Guys who were you know whether they were reclamation projects whether they were low picks everybody seems to get better the second they went to brooklyn and play kenny atkinson and his staff congenial. Moseley have the kind of effect in orlando can the front office. Get him to kind of guys. That will thrive in that in that kind of environment and carve out careers from cells and carbon identities. Jamal moseley has a lot going for him. And we've heard like many great things about it but we often hear great things about assistant coaches who don't end up panning out so i always. We have to caution ourselves on these things. Because i thought. Brian shaw was gonna be a great head coach and he was. Everybody loved him all the players sung as praises when he was associate head coach under frank. Vogel indiana he goes to denver probably just the wrong guy at the wrong time but he hasn't had another shot since then but that went really badly. Brett brown was really great in in some respects for the for the early years of the process and then suddenly. It seemed like they'd hit some sort of ceiling. Eager kokoschka of had been talked about for years is a great assistant. Coach didn't work out. Swells head coach in phoenix. David dale bumpy ride in memphis and then disastrous in new york. We just don't know like luke walton. Another example like there are plenty of coaches who as their when their assistance. We hear and see the best of them and then you know some of them be go on it and have great success coaches. I mean tyler has been fantastic. Mike malone has been fantastic money williams. Nick nurse dwayne casey a lotta longtime assistance. Get their shot and then you know it. It works out in a dozen. It's all contextual. It's all just the opportunity you have the thing for dallas is. They went with a guy who has experienced jason kit. That experience was not necessarily good experience. Like i think most people around the would look at what he did in milwaukee in brooklyn and say. I'm going to steer clear. Maybe you'd rather have the the unproven. Jamal moseley versus the somewhat proven jason kidd but. I don't think we'll know what the right choice was there for a while yet. Because it's it's gonna take some time before we can evaluate moseley as head coach. I maybe jason kidd learned something in two years as an assistant. I mean that happens. You know working with lebron for entire for two entire seasons working under frank vogel maybe picked up some things that'll be useful to him as a head coach. Moseley to me. The key is giving him time. Like you've got to be committed to moseley for a minimum. I think of three years and more likely five years. And then you see what you have in head coach. You mentioned gore. I mean it's worked out for phoenix. Absolutely but i do think he got hosed out there i mean he only had one year on the job and that year was without deandra aiden chris. Paul had devon booker of course but that was not a good team that he was coaching. There i gotta get moses the because you want to see what the guy can do when you put that team in a position to win a great example to me is james breglio in charlotte. I mean berea. Was one of those guys assistant coach elevated to head coaching position in charlotte. Not great first couple of years there but when he was given players and chance to win he did pretty well. I mean up until lamelo ball went out the horns were really good team and i think they will be a good team. Going forward in part because of the borrego is a pretty good coach. I want to see this magic team. Invest heavily in jamal. The you're the guy developed these guys and we'll keep you around no matter what the won loss record says until you get a chance to win then you judge like brett brown six or seven days since brett brown left but i can see the for letting go of brett brown. I mean they had a talented team and to a degree the underachieved. But you've got to let the coach get a roster on that level before you really make any decisions about whether they can coach. Yeah well and that's the thing about. This is what set up says apart. I think the good organizations from the bad ones is that you you decide when you choose a guy. Especially if he's a longtime assistant not a guy with head coaching experience. And you've said we believe in this guy. This is somebody who's got a great trekker record as an assistant. We're going to first opportunity. It's your obligation to when you say investment. Yeah it's time investment. It's a give them all the tools to succeed. Give him the time to succeed. You've decided you believe in him. So stand behind that have the conviction to stand behind that and take some bumps along the way you know maybe maybe memphis and or the knicks should have stuck with david physed longer. You know we had heard nothing but great things about fiscal coming out of miami. Initially we may yet you know. Find out that he. He can be great head coach in the right situation. Maybe those worth rights situations. He might be one of those guys though. I love physios and assist one of those guys. Though the just the temperament is always important. Like the government like memphis yet. Some battles with market assault didn't work out your plus new york. You just might be one of those guys that doesn't have the right temperament to be is based on what we've seen a memphis in new york might be better suited for these ranks but if he succeeds in l. a. I think he'll get another chance right. Maybe i think the point being though that if you as an organization have identified a guy instead he we believe in him then. Okay then believe in him. Stick with them and make sure you've given them enough tools to succeed Is it a pulling the plug at the first sign of of struggle and that's what happens in the nba. too often. is that seems panic. You know the fans turn. There's some minor flare up. Oh the coach and player got into it. Whatever it may good teams that can happen on as well. And it's it's just. It's the way franchises. React so you have to know whether or not the guy is is is right and then stick with them. And so yeah. Let's jomo's should get a nice long here. She got a ton of latitude in orlando given where they are as an organization given the state of that roster. Yeah i agree. Howard enjoy milwaukee looking forward to hearing the conversation with the lazarus on friday. You can check podcast. Right here on the crossover feet again. Make sure you listen to howard's interview. Spencer dinwiddie from last week. It was really really strong. Enjoy -joy the mid west our. We'll talk when you're back on the northeast always a pleasure. My friend the newest player in the pre nba basketball landscape is overtime. Elite elite will begin playing sometime in the fall. And we'll be headlined by some of the top now. Former high school players in the country players would be paid minimum one hundred thousand dollars with some making north of that and have access to high level facilities training as well as educational programs to help. Get a better grasp on that. I'm joined by brandon williams the head of basketball operations for overtime. Elite and kevin ollie the former. Nba guard uconn. Coach was the head coach and director of player development bread. And i want to start here with you. Just kind of give me the ten thousand foot view overtime elite. What are the objectives. What what what was behind the formation of this league. I think any of us. Chris who've been around for a long time i've actually seen Sort of the downside of young players who entered into professional ranks to this point. It's been the nba Who are not ready. And so what does that mean you know not not ready to form and be stars or is it just not ready to be great teammates or is it not ready to be good partners. is sort of all that you know the idea that the work day is much longer than they know. And that there's more responsibility to be in a professional athlete The responsibilities to families and communities we just have to do a better job preparing them and here was an opportunity to be part of a program that wanted to address all that. It's not just about being a good player. It's like we wanna address the whole athlete. Hope so on. Three levels were hitting basketball. Easiest thing understand. I think businesses in our world is education And then there's brand you know. These young people now are moving at a speed that we aren't as older folks and they want to build things An earlier age particularly off the court so building a brand is important something that can last well beyond their tread on tire so we're hitting it in basketball business brand. That's that's that's really thirty thousand foot view. Kevin what attracted you to this job. Just like his dad is the whole person being able coach them from a mind body and soul Experience and understanding the mindfulness athlete I've seen it from a pro level. Got up tune into play thirteen years with twelve different teams so i understand like the different trials and tribulations you go through with a player not saying that these players are gonna go through that but is getting them more prepared if they do come into some certain situations where it's not typically going the right way. How can they manage that situation. So what they do today can echo into tomorrow and having the ability to kana paint on a black blank. Canvas is what a really attracted to me to to this you know. Ot league program we can take the player really shape the curriculum you not with teaching them about subjects. But we're really teaching them about themselves as well from media training From mental health issues. All the different things that come involved because we all know chris is stress. You know from success is a lot of pressures is a lot of people pulling at you. It's a lot of people won't certain things. But how do you deal with that from a player's standpoint where you can play when you get on the basketball court and half clear and not be caught up in the distractions of off the court issues. Um as desks desks were really kind of vocal. Spirit to give back in it and how these kids you know. Have these players be available at the moment of truth to make the right decisions and that was very important to me. Kevin as you mentioned you played in the nba brand. You played in the nba. As well i wanna ask both of you guys and kevin. I'll start with you like if this was available to you as sixteen. seventeen year. Old looking back. Would you have founded attractive with a definitely founded attractive You know i kind of thought the box anyway. I was from chris. Shaw from from from south central and i chose connecticut. So you places that. I didn't even know nothing about growing up. You always thought out the box and never wanted to go down a path that everybody was going down So i was always curious. And i think that's how my mom especially my mom. My dad raised me. So i definitely been curious of this situation. No no speaking now without you know took it. I'm not sure. But i think it really gave me another option to look at it and this is what we're trying to do not saying that the ncaa is wrong overtime. Leaders wrong or right. It's not about that. It's about if you really care about the student. Athletes you give them as much options as possible. And i think this gives the lee student athlete. Another option and i think you know it's a very Great option for them to have and if they choose overtime league we're going to give our whole heart to make sure they're developed on and off the basketball court chris i- jumping after coach It would have been interesting. Chris but i certainly would not have been a candidate i would. Let's just get that right. What what things that's important. We sit down going through just grassroots community and we spent months just talking to people educating about. You know what we're about who we are. Each of us has a reputation in some other space. Not here The this program isn't for everybody is not the right fit for everybody. We are cherry picking and a lot of ways. These are players that feel like they are destined for professional basketball. There are a lot of sixteen year olds. That don't know that yet and their parents aren't convinced that yet in people that support them. Don't don't feel that confidence yet. They may be another year away or two years away but this is not. This is not the right path for everyone. Twenty four athletes roughly twelve per class. We're looking at juniors and seniors and the truth is at this age. What was really funny about scouting them is everybody's skinny and like a lanky and underdeveloped and still has like a mountain of upside to you know to to get through before you can really see who they're going to be but you know if you have a young player like brand williams who's just dreaming of being an nba player but does not much certainty. That's even realistic We gotta be very careful about this approach In taking because there there are risks but for those that that have already established in this deke. They've established a day of separated from their class. You know jaylen. Lewis has an example the most recent example. He's he's he's elevated in separate. The draft isn't tomorrow though so there's still a lot of work to do but he's already in front running physician and it gives everyone low confidence that this is the kind of investment and the kind of pet that would make a ton of sense for players like that. Let me follow up on that brandon. Because you're you're entering. What suddenly become a fairly crowded space in terms of leagues like this. You know the g. league ignite is one season in but they've had a measure of success. We've seen jalen green probably a top pick. Jonathan kamenga top five or six. Then you have the ncw with this. Recent ruling allowing top players to make money off their name image and likeness. How does how does the elite separate itself from that group. Why think i is. We start a little bit sooner so the g. league zone a great job with what we call it a year the prep year that year. That a recent graduates would be going to college and they've already been hacking the system you know going to italy or china So so there's a market for those players and we want an alternative to college for for for us though. Our players are seeking an alternative to high school so we are a school but we think about the resources that were bringing to the table first of which being an nba like environment You know start coach. Ali coach lehto in a robust set of staff. I mean scouting staff a high performance staff administrative team. Our goal was to simulate an nba organization for for young athletes at sixteen seventeen eighteen. Th there there is no other environment. Like that. And i think the big way that we separate with high school athletes Is that both domestically and internationally. We're able to put twenty four of them together in a building. So what we're selling is the best competition for these guys starts at home. I mean every day in line coaches don't minister drills administer competition aspects of practice and getting ready for games but when you look to the right and left and i noticed as a player. There's no weak link. I mean everywhere you look. There's somebody that's doing what you're doing and possibly doing more. Because they they are not just dreamed about the into the league or to the high level. They're on their way there That's where we've been able to. I think create a little separation from others that have tried or looked at something. Like this kevin. How do you approach this job. Do you do it in a similar mindset and you had at uconn where you have young players you also you know yukon. You had to keep them academically eligible you to follow that pretty closely. I mean is there is it a similar mindset or do you take a different tact. I think you just let it be you know. Similar is not. It's just whatever comes you say yes to it and you cultivate hope from it I never coached high school players. They was always you know graduated from high school. And now they're freshman's This situation is a little different in in was recruiting for two to three years. This situation is a little different. But you know from me. Chris i love the unknown about it. And that's the space i live in. Not just wanna make sure that. I have the space incorporate something in these players that they can just think about it can build from a have a foundation so when they make the transition they have every tool in the toolbox to say okay. Oh that's a problem Assess it let me be able to correct it. Let me obsessed. Let me be aware of it and i think that's the difference between you know coaching a high school kid in in the college. Kid i mean you get able to mold them a little bit better and then you have to understand where they at. Now you know back then. I didn't have social media. We didn't have social media now. These kids these players are building their brand a little bit earlier and now you just meet them where they are. And i can't wait to get them up on campus get them up until atlanta just continue to build a great relationship. Welcome spend time with the one on one in. This situation is going to provide us to do a lot more skill development that i didn't have a really good opportunity and it had not one say good opportunity. I didn't have the best opportunity. Because there's so many things we own a row recruiting You own a row fundraising these different things. Brandon's taken care of in. Dan porter is taken care of. I can just really coach the player and work on his skill development on and off the basketball court. So it's really given me my own lane. So i can really perform my job. Mama job is really breaking down and relationships it starts. Relationship is start with trust. Stars will hold is spending time with the the young student athletes on and off the basketball court and pushed them to greatness and the competition is not on. our side of competition is with him. You know can you beat your previous best bestself. Can you be better than today you know. Can you be better tomorrow than you were date. And that's what i'm coaching. And that's what i love to do. And i think we're going to have some great young man as open as biden has going to be vulnerable going to try to reach for the sky. In the sky is going to be ob- you is not going to be limits. I can't wait to get up to atlanta. We've been having some many camps. Chris has been wonderful to get back on the court with the guys. And i'm looking forward to the next mini camp and dan looking forward to getting them up to atlanta. So we really can go to work. You know when. I was was talking to brian. shaw a couple of months ago. Kevin about how he was coaching. The ignite you know it was a lot of pro stop. He was trying to bring to that team. Are you taking that same. Approach you trying to coach them like their nba players or something different. No it's nothing different is just. I'm building pro. Habits in every situation is going to be different. Chris this is going to be some guys. Come in you know. Say for instance like a. John montero will we got him and he you know is a little bit more advanced than some other players because he's been a pro- already and then it's going to be another situation where we gotta talented guy might not be able to get quick but these opportunities we can go at our own pace we can sit down and talk to them but we're really teaching and building pro habits and those habits is going to translate over to them being great pros when that opportunity come invest in the nba are the euro league so every day you know we are building like a practice plan like more of a college practice plan nba practice bandwidth doing drills. That i got from my numerous stops in the nba. You know we're doing sets in the nba. Then we gotta understand that sixteen years old as well you know and maybe sometimes you gotta you know kinda doubt it down a little bit. But i'm gonna let com. I'm going to let that go. i'm not going to focus on one of it. I'm not gonna say oh. We're doing this process. 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Divers inventors patent and unleash economic opportunity. Find out at invent together dot org learn more and take action today brandon not to continue to compare this team to the ignite but when i talked to sharieff abderrahim about that i mean. I had asked him about the sustainability of that team. Given how much. Money was being poured in to pay some of the players. And he bobbed and weaved floyd mayweather trying to answer that question. Because it's it's hard to commit to it without say a television contract more sponsorships and things like that when you can you speak to kind of the sustainability of this because we've seen startups with an influx of cash. Get get in big the first year. But then peter out. I mean what needs to happen. Four overtime elite to become a long term successful program while has got to answers. I think you know a concept. I mean we're we're selling on the ability to develop young players and have a more more pro ready right. So this is. This is the path we are offering basketball development. Call it professional Business development And we are also like leveraging. What is an incredible media platform that again. The things that we like to call a distinguishing factors. That's a huge one. So not to bob and weave one. We gotta be good ass. You know that. That's how have long deputy spurs the spurs. They were good for really long time. And so we've got the that there were good at this note. No pressure on kale right The the the second piece though is you know and this comes from my my time in the nba. It just wasn't that long ago where it out of chicago. Pre-draft combine interview. If i said. I wanna build my brand. Everybody in the room was like smirking and like you know what. What are we talking about like. It's about basketball basketball basketball And you know if you are young team developing and not winning a lot of games truth is you can't sell just basketball because your basketball isn't great you got to sell personalities and stories in that there's something that people can invest in in fall in love with other than like the final score like otherwise. The sixers had no chance right any any development team yet to buy into a story and for us. I think we have a chance to create stories but we get a chance to show those stories because we have a platform. So it's it doesn't take much. I mean i'm not a social media guru. But when i got recruited for this job haven't been around the block a little bit certainly from an nba perspective. I heard a couple of things. I really got my attention. One was fifty million followers That's eyeballs and we all know that that Business follows the eyeballs in whatever in whatever respect. The other was which is unfair. Because i think that number changes month over month but it started at one point four and not set maybe one point eight or one point nine billion with a b. billion views of content a month that overtime in some ways has found a way to the heart. The mind of young people It is being communicated and solid as you know the generation z. sort media and content engine We are doing an amazing thing here which is developing young talent in a pure way that we want to make sure that they are prepared. Top to bottom to do well on the court to do well and communities to do well in business but then there's this other thing which is they want to be known like. No player wants to play in an empty building. Everybody wants to play where it matters. They wanna play. When nick can rock and like the building and just like recognizing their talent. We're just artists. And one thing that is kind of showcase. By one event that that overtime overtime the media company producing s called. You see it on youtube to. Is that over. Hundred million people watched that. I mean that that's not an insignificant number that players that are going to play overtime. Lee will have the opportunity to be known The the opportunity of bring brick big brands to the table and support this platform If not already indicated by the kinds of investors that that have shown interest but the brands that are coming to the table our sustainability is going to be showing value delivering value to not just the athletes but to overtime visibility. I would imagine great for them but can you monetize it. Can you make it so this league is in the black or does it need to be in the black every year. Well my the good news is as a basketball man. No different than a different than the is Get a budget. My job is to be fishing and and spend wisely. I i'm not. I'm not asked to sell tickets or generate revenue that's for a tremendous And in successful a business operations Our job is to make sure that what we are delivering is high is a high level product That you see the growth and development of our young players. What's there recruited. We gotta make them better. They need to be able to perform and probably the best testament of our success is going to be our nba. Gm voting with this pick right but with a coach saying like they did a nice job. This guy was. Well coached testament to takeo and the rest of the coaching staff. That if we're doing that will prove successful. Because guess what the next crop of recruits when we're in the gym like we're not chasing them. There's sort of meeting us at at minimum half way. We need to keep bringing high level taliban and developing talent to prove successful and i have a tremendous set of partners across academics and across content media. That will will do their part to elevate our business. Can you expecting to tap into some of your. nba relationships. I mean as you mentioned thirteen teams in twelve seasons. You've made a lot of friends over the years. We're going to see like san preston sitting in the crowd for your practices as a whole so sam and so many gyms that i know you know Kevin durant and all these guys are destinies in overtime. Just having them be around. We had our first minicamp. Ray allen showed up and not only showed up. He brought his son to work out with guys. Just it was just amazing. does just see how the branches that we can continue to pull up on and they continue to pull on us and be a partnership in. This thing is going to be great. Are you expecting to have kind of drop ins. Durant's involved with the league. You expecting these guys. Just be around. Which i would imagine would be both a resource for you but also an attractive quality to this league definitely. Definitely we going to build a place where it's going to be hopefully a development premier development destination for everybody and you know hopefully katie can come out and work out with guys and russell westbrook and james harden and all these guys that we know and i know i had opportunity to be evolved. Then it's kinda beat a veteran guys We want them to be around. Because it's not. Just me sean. It's also watching tape like these are the different drills and look how k. d. and look how chris paul is using the pick and rolls and now they're showing up that's a that's a big big bang for us with us growing these young talented student athletes To get them inspired to the next level and they're doing a great job done only gonna do. I coached him. Chris a coach me on a day to day basis. I'm open to that and we just really want to have a love affair with guys and and the end of the day chris. We want appease the basketball guys. We wanna play the right way. We want to share a basketball. We wanna run. We wanna have fun. We want how to join the game but it can't just be me me me. It has to be weak. And i'm wanting to teach guys how to be involved in any system they get drafted about. They can be a part of a productive system and be a productive partner in in the community as well no matter what city they when they arrive to the nba brandon. Before let you go. What schedule gonna look like i mean is this team playing. Just walk me through kind of what these kids are getting into. And what kind of schedule you gonna be able to put together so schedule that that is really interesting for everybody. And i wanna try to illuminate. But i've got to be careful we are still contracting with some teams But for the audience the think about it in buckets. We're gonna play independent prep schools. That's going to be a significant part of our schedule. We are a high school so we are looking to schedule. Some of the top independence that you would typically no to have a national schedule can travel that have the ability to be mobile. We're scheduling home and away with with With those folks and it looks like net set as an example It looks like you know. Folks that are playing for a national title Arizona florida california. So it'll be a widespread travel schedule for us. We're also looking at European competition so think about junior euroleague as an example. Some of the best clubs the Insects as an example Where we can get a collection of sixteen to nineteen year old elite talent to compete against us. And then as i mentioned earlier on the show we really feel like the best competition is gonna come internally and that's where our league play Comes into effect so we are looking at our group of twenty four as three teams of eight. There will be standings you'll be able to track will compete against each other. That'll be a significant part of our schedule as well. We don't want to overstep our guys one of the things. We really wanna correct leading science. Guide us here. is is minimized the wear and tear. Nobody's while still developing and preparing for a professional level place so a schedule of maybe thirty five. To forty games is our target. We started september Training camp will will begin Play by mid august. We'll be done by by Late march is how we see our schedule shaping up i'm looking forward to it brennan kevin. It's a really interesting concept and hope you guys have a lot of success with an. I'll certainly be watching a lot of. Nba people will be watching but brandon. Stay out of a set of massachusetts. Kevin has like some basketball. Ptsd from all those bc. Matchups i'm sure would probably were so tough. I don't remember kevin. It's not real like talk about it. But lita past. We'd be six thousand. That's not very nice. That's hovering kevin brand. Thanks for joining me. I appreciate it all right. Thank you chris. Thanks so much.
The Hoop Collective
"dwayne casey" Discussed on The Hoop Collective
"Windy. But this one was complicated I and dennis said in his statement that he he'd been thinking about reducing his his role in taking a step back. And i believe that to be true but this This move at this time. I believe Was precipitated by ryan. Smith and i do think that Dwayne wade who he's brought in to be a co owner but also be an adviser. Think dwayne wade is seriously concerned about donovan. Mitchell's desire to stay there long term. And i think the way you know there was a number of things that happened that led to this primarily And this is covered by the solid tribune. I don't wanna make it sound like. I'm giving them credit but You know it was an open secret in the nba. That quin snyder in dennis lindsay had very very poor relationship One of one of the thoughts. That was a good thing and Their disagreements Some of this stuff is is somewhat known. Some of the stuff is private but was some classic stuff. you know. Coaching coaches not of not valuing developing players You know snide you know backstabbing stuff for whatever it's endemic in the nba. It happens But i would say that Even though justin zanuck has been promoted to the you know the lead decision maker in justin has working very long time to get this job. Dwayne wade is going to influence changes and the reason dwayne. Wade's going to influence. Changes is because the way. Donald mitchell saw this season unfold specifically how his ankle injury was handled in the playoffs. Really unnerved him and He was in a bit of a rough spot. With the franchise royce You're the end of the year and look he starting a brand new four year contract. The max. I'm not implying anything but i you know one of the big reasons why ryan smith brought into wayne wade and yes dwayne bought into the team. But i will promise you. He got a very favorable price. Just say the lakers just sold twenty-seven percent of their team for Over a billion dollars a reportedly I do not believe twain. We saying those kind of price. I think he got a very sweetheart deal. One of the reasons he did was ryan smith wanted to have twain. Wanted to have donovan mitchell. Stay in utah for the long term. And so roy site. I don't think the maneuvers are done in utah. Yeah i mean you mentioned just the the injury management in the postseason and goes with you know you need to mention. Also the context of the jazz Failures in the postseason. It it did have to do with donovan. Mitchell health and had to do with mike conley was the west's number one seed These are the types of bad luck. Things that can happen and you know. I think it's pretty obvious that the the change from from dennis lindsay You know him. Stepping back into an adviser's role was less like performance related. And more about you know what what i think. The jazz are anticipating in the future. Clearly we saw this in dallas with a lot of the the turnovers when you have a young star that is on a controllable contract. You're trying to position yourself as much as you possibly can to extend the amount of time that star remains in your market and like you know teams go to extreme levels to try to do this. I mean we've we've seen it especially when you're a smaller market when you can't just rely on the fact of your zip code to kind of re sign the player for you. You've got to accommodate that player. You've got to figure out ways that you can Toe the line between catering to them but also not going too far where you alienate them from their team and you you know you You baby them to a degree. So that's where the jazz. I think right now trying to kind of find that sweet spot with donovan mitchell and also. I think it's worth mentioning to like. I don't know how much this factors into donovan. Mitchell's feelings about the jazz. But like your there's been issues with within the jazz fan base that donovan mitchell has had to speak out about whether it was Fans saying racist and vulgar things to russell westbrook There's been other issues with like the jazz fan. Base that has popped up donovan. Mitchell has kind of been placed front and center to kind of have to try to like be the the be like the voice of reason to kind of calm things down and so when you think about like i don't know i don't know how much affinity for the market that he holds as well. Brian i don't know if that's that's something that you know he may. He may love the jazz organization. I don't really know but you know there's there's been issues within the utah jazz beyond the team. That i think the donovan mitchell is probably considering pelton So i think utah's it's kind of. It's kind of unfortunate because this team was. I thought i had a really good chance to win the title. This year and look thought of mitchell's ankle was bad. My co micom. These hamstring was bad They could be the ones who were playing tonight. That game could have been in utah the tonight that they were playing to go to the finals They've obviously got some issues. But i don't know if this team needs a makeover. But i i do think there's gonna be changes coming. No i mean one of the things about this eight days ago. James jones was named executive the year. Dennis lindsey finished. I believe second in voting and that that was. We've gotten desensitized to this. Because of the fact that we've seen coaches the year. Get fired most recently with dwayne casey in toronto but for executives. It's much less communist. That happen a change after that and it was kind of more more of a lifetime but the accumulation of building this roster because if you look just at the last year the moves were bit more questionable but the the challenges get greater going forward his team that is already into the luxury tax For next season if they guarantee meoni's salary. And has mike conley as a free agent in know ryan smith is clearly signaled a willingness to spend into the luxury tax. But it's salt lake city that you're not going to the other aspect of not being in one of those major markets is. You're not going to have the same local tv and sponsorship revenue that those places have.
The Sports Reporters
"dwayne casey" Discussed on The Sports Reporters
"Now hurting jimmy minute here why. I met my soapbox tall went. Okay here we go now fun game last night right back and forth. What a show by trae young. What's not to like well. I'll tell you. I kept hearing a sound. A clanging sound. It was the sound of all those missing threes. One team was eight for thirty six. The other was eight for thirty two at sixteen for sixty eight between them. That's pretty horrible. And all because exactly sixty years ago a promoter named abe sacristy needed a gimmick to attract interest in what would be his very short term alternative to the nba called the american basketball league. That's right folks. A promoters gimmick. We never needed a three. We still don't need three but it has taken over the game and people have lost their minds over it. Remember that chris. Paul thirty seven point game a little while back no threes. It can be done. What a beautiful thing. All right. i'm done for now for now. Spoiler alert he's not on okay There's a story going around. The perhaps nate mcmillan might have reservations about me. Name the permanent head coach of the hawks. No one seems to know quite sure what they are. But what we know about nate mcmillan at this point is that he is one of the stories of the year in his sport. He took over the hawks when they were in eleventh place. In the eastern conference at the beginning of march. It is worth reminding everybody that they then finished. Twenty seven eleven. Now they're nine and four in the postseason. It means that they team has lost fifteen basketball games in the past four months and played as well as anybody. He is a classy dignified basketball leiper at the age of fifty. Six having already coach in seattle indian. Now he's doing the best work of his life and gets to coach trae young and might be about to get a reservation in the nba finals. And what has become a wasteland of professional sports. A drop of water fell in the detroit. Desert the other night the pistons after never having improved their draft positions and more than a dozen opportunities finally hit a jackpot and got the number one. Pick in the draft. Dwayne casey. The coach nearly pulled a hamstring jumping from his chair to celebrate. Now you might think this overkill but consider that here in the motor city the pistons lions tigers and red wings. All have losing records. There hasn't been a meaningful playoff game or any playoff game. In years the once mighty pistons have become a revolving door for other players to depart for cap. Reasons or draft. Choices blake griffin. He was ours. Derrick rose yup reggie jackson kentavious caldwell-pope all detroiters all gone. The whole postseason is littered with former piston. Who couldn't help win anything here but are winning big elsewhere so allow us a moment. Sure the nba draft this time around has no lebron james or zion williamson but for one night one measly night detroit. One of the great sports cities in america will be i at something. It's a nice change. Oh by the white guys. I i wanna apologize to david. Just remember fob bob. I forgot he also coached the portland. Trailblazers okay yes yes but not the pistons until we see you again which will be monday. have a lot of losing teams in detroit. I shot i think even our softball teams lose around here. It's just terrible. It's all station softball team today. Suck to or We disbanded if you like what you heard. please leave us a comment or rating. We always appreciate those until your friends who always loved the sports and puertas on tv that we live in podcast land here on mondays and thursdays on stitcher and apple and spotify pandora. And any of the places. You get popular podcasts. Until we see you again on monday on behalf of mike. Luke ambaum brian. I'm mitch albom same. Have a great weekend..
Ball is Bae NBA Podcast
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Ball is Bae NBA Podcast
"Hey there welcome to the ball is bay. Nba podcast is the end of the week. Three and things have been exciting as always with the nba playoffs in this episode. We talk about the scorching sons and how this could be the redemption season for chris. Paul shed light on kawhi leonard offensive province and debate if he truly is underrated also speculate on which nba teams in the east and the rest would be replaced. The nba expansion rumors are true. But first let's hear what aspirins got to say. Fate of the universe i want igwe dolla. Kevin durant at the time aggressive diaz encored deserts of phoenix boxing. The headlights and cold philly feelings the nba. Planning expansion on vegas could habits date. This employs more than ten seconds. But that's always the me maybe about as you're able to be more got in an indian accent we have survived clubhouse disruption deadly navigated bound one of the playoffs quite successfully this week. The association gedi thailand his inner. Lebron vis-a-vis tunnel was spoil. John and his veto mentality. Levy getting better with age and dog pivotal challenges. Inner dwayne casey. Vw getting the immediately after bad news. Speaking of don's i've gotten me ave someone who used to get only to someone who thinks both outta On someone who has steered his energy into green economics recently visited via microsd radical. There was that was one of your best interest. I must say already Regular yet very good very good job. Good job my friends. Thank you thank you very much. Let's not to donor capacity. Should see it. We need bound. Why don duster done by autozone was. You're almost knocked. The mr david but i think softening from basketball to have been i mean. I don't think i've been involved in basketball for awhile. I mean when the last time we did the same thing which is did like the playoff addition very and it's different vendors live and you have to remain engaged and you have to like know Yeah bring people on like you know. Kind of direct graphics. I after give a lot of great for you. Because i mean we have. We have taken the host responsibilities back and forth. But i would say that you know you'll definitely have taken the brunt of it and you've done a great job so that's.
Wendell's World & Sports
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Wendell's World & Sports
"Two. Going to be jason tatum. Because i tell you one thing if brad stevens if they flame out in the playoffs and one of the folks who owned that team get the bug up his ass and says i want Brad stevens outta here. I'm quite sure if there's going to be like twenty to twenty five teams. That would be on the be on the phone brad. Stevens asian about one point. Four milliseconds after he fired saying. Hey what can we come in an interview. Your because yeah. We definitely want you to be interested in coaching our team. So i think brad stevens still held in high regard but has he runs. Its course with this certain team or has run this course with these with these players and if he has what is what needs to be changed the player dynamic or the coach getting all of that one those world and sports. I'm your host wonderwall so glad that you could be with us and be a new speaking about coaches on the hot seat. I wanna get into a little bit on the podcast today about the nba. The hot seat candidates ryan's never to Never too early to speak about that when speaking about coaches who might be in trouble whether it's the nhl major league baseball dealing with the manager nfl or the nba right boot and holder of the milwaukee bucks luke walton of the sacramento kings. Dwayne casey of the detroit pistons steve clifford of the orlando magic. All of these guys a couple of others are in the news. Total about you know there might be a situation where we might have to go into another direction where we might have to take a look and see see. What else is out there. Which one of these candidates. And i'm telling you there's more than these four that i just mentioned which one of these candidates which one of these candidates are safe are hot are basically already gone. What do the new breed of coaches should look by. Say for instance if the milwaukee bucks disappointed in my boot and holder is gone. Where do they go to look for a coach. If the sacramento kings the remedy says you know what valens going. Luke walton awarded. They don't what type of coach are we looking for here. Are we looking for a retread. Are we looking for a jeff. Van gundy type. Are we looking for a western. Sell junior type. Are we looking for a coach. Who's never been a head coach. Before i was looking for a guy off the someone staffel mother had some experience in the g. league and he's been on A staff of a successful organization. You wanna bring him in. What are we talking about. An this could really be a litmus test in terms of hiring practices to serving the league. Remember when chris finch was hired by the minnesota timberwolves. There's some folks out there told him well. Damn i mean you know. How many black coaches do we have out here in the nba and the other and that was really the first time that are really thought about that. Because again the league is so F rel hurt centric in terms of lebron james no problems stating his case in giving his opinions about anything and everything regarding socialists. Same thing with chris. Paul seeing thing with jaylen brown's same thing but they huge amount of players black players in the nba. They're not biting their tongues in the seems like the relationship concerning that between the players and the owners are strong enough to where. It's a lot different than say the nfl owners and its players association. So this is a situation. Where the first time i thought about. It was again win. Chris finch was hired by the minnesota timberwolves off the staff of the toronto raptors. It was like well. What minnesota did was not kosher because this is a situation where you want to wait till the end of the season and you have a pool of candidates to go ahead and choose from. The pool of candidates should also include black coaches. So of you're just going to narrow the one guy who just happens to be white man against black folks are giving the shaft in terms of equal opportunity. He get themselves or head. Coaching position but again never really thought about that. Because if there were hiring practices and terms of discrimination toward Black coaches in the quite sure kevin durant and kyrie irving lebron james and all of these superstar here was had some saying it. And when you're speaking about how important. A superstar franchise player is to the organization. You better believe almost all of these teams that are hiring these coaches. They're going to get their input in from the player who happens to be what black so for perfect example would be the steve nasty situation. John who was the brooklyn nets coach. After kennedy acton wood fired. You did a great job without kevin durant and without Kyrie irving when he got injured. Jack vaughn was beloved by the team beloved by the players. They played extremely hard for them. And they overachieved got the got them into the playoffs. Right got the brooklyn into the place where they hit. They'll business being there. But who's the coach of the brooklyn nets. Now steve nash. You'll think that the joe in the ownership it didn't go up to kyri and kevin durant for their opinions about who should be the next head coach. And you're gonna try to tell me the kyri who throws his opinion on everything and let his feelings know about everything. Wears his emotions on the sleeve in front of the public about everything going to try to tell me if kevin durant and kyrie irving said. Now i really do like vaughn. And since i only have two years remaining on my contract you guys really want to resign me. I think that you would be doing a solid. If you just kept jacques. Vaughn as the coach moving forward. I think that working relationship between the three of us. Vaughn irving durant think of a work. So let's go ahead. And let's just keep jukka on at the head coach if tyree and katie had that attitude guess would be the head coach of the brooklyn nets for the twenty twenty twenty twenty one season. It would be john vaughan. It would not be steve nash. So that's my deal in terms of wait a minute. There's supposed to be a if they're supposed to be issues with black coaches getting an opportunity. Not getting hired. Don't we have the infrastructure to make sure that that doesn't happen so at just my way of saying it'll be interesting to see if say for instance the detroit pistons. The orlando magic sacramento. Kings milwaukee bucks washington wizards and another's. Let go their head coaches and say i instance out of those sixteen need a head coach. Five of them are white interesting interesting because bradley beal for washington wants a black head coach. It's gonna give himself a black head coach right if my boot and holder is gone from the milwaukee bucks. Indiana said kupa the black head coach. Guess what the milwaukee bucks are giving themselves a black head coach now a little bit different in detroit in sacramento. Because they don't have anybody of any consequence. The fox is can hope and pray in demand all he wants to about the black head coach but he's not at the stature for where the organization's going to be like well and you know wants a black tillerson. Yeesh now they're going to find best head coach into the apple to be white and the air force doesn't like it. Oh well that's his problem. So certain situations calls for certain. You know avenues to go down. But.
Wendell's World & Sports
"dwayne casey" Discussed on Wendell's World & Sports
"World of sports again going to hold off on the nfl. Talk just for this. Podcast rip ruin raid. Go next week. I'll be talking about what's happening with russell. Wilson what happened with deck prescott and see what happens with the show. Watson finally said that look at one out met with david kelly. The coach was like give me out. Kim yao give me out get me out. So we'll see where it goes from there. Wendell's roll sport podcast. I'm your host win the wall so glad that you could be with us all right and we ate news. The minnesota timberwolves the worst team in the nba on so many levels. They were criticized across the nba. On sunday last sunday when they hired when they fired a head coach. Ryan saunders before hiring replacement raptors assistant. Chris finch that same night. The team overlooked as i mentioned before minnesota assistant head coach. Defensive coordinator david david vendor pool. Vanda pull who is black respected across the league in played a major role in the backward development of damian lillard. Anc mate tj mccullough. Would he was a column when he was in portland and lillard wrote on twitter. After the news was announced he said how the hell did you not hire david vandross pool when he's right there on the bench and he's been in front office successfully in on the front of the bench of winning team successfully. That's what he said. The minnesota timberwolves star center. Karl anthony towns cat. Express is the prize. Is saunders firing and the subsequent hiring of finch on tuesday. He said on diversity in nba coaching espn. He said i'd be remiss. If i didn't come on here and mentioned the amazing work that men of color are doing in this world. Damn right the only not only in every other sport in through social justice every other part of this world and in the organization or whatever the case may be but for basketball there are currently over only seven black coaches mentioned before in the nba. As the right now last season there were six black coaches. they were lloyd pierce of atlanta. Jbc bickerstaff in cleveland. molly williams in phoenix. Alvin gentry and orleans. Nate mcmillan in indiana. And dwayne casey in detroit. Three black head coaches were dismissed from their jobs last season. David fidel of the next was fired in december and he was replaced by tom typical. Who just happens to be white. Nate mcmillan was fired by the pacers on august. Twenty six weeks after signing an extension was replaced by bjorkman from toronto and alvin. Gentry was let go by new orleans on fifteen after the regular season and was replaced by stand. The may have been done deep who is white so a lot of these. Black hooked coaches were replaced by white head coaches. So no no man. I'm not. I don't know stan van gundy mean tom. Typical tom tibidot mandates. He's kind of hard to figure out gig rate with he did great with chicago..
The Lowe Post
CAVALIERS ACQUIRE TWO-TIME NBA ALL-STAR ANDRE DRUMMOND
"I think one of the themes of it's an obvious one. But between what they got a Cappella and the whole bunch of nothing. That Detroit got Andre Drummond. I think we've reached a point where the League league is valuing centers that's solely that I don I'm just did I make sense so lonely. I don't know without the they don't know. One is placing a lot of value on centers. And if the rockets looked Capella will look. We don't think our current team is at its best with Capelle on the floor. Mike is not gonNA play him. Let's turn them into someone who's GonNa play for for us that makes conceptual sense to me. There just wasn't I mean Boston. Look how easily these teams got. Andre Drummond Cleveland got under Donald for literally. Bring Jon Hinson Brandon Knight in the a second round pick nuts and nothing. Well I mean I mean in the second round pick is I think it's the warriors second in two thousand twenty two or twenty three and that's going to be probably a pretty decent so Yeah Yeah I think that's true But yeah drums a fascinating case because like what was the last time I'm a guy and all this year all star but on an expiring contract got US second round in Cap Filler. Detroit's GonNa get hammered for this. Yeah hammered but you know what didn't want on their team. Well that's the thing like. They got nervous that we started to see this market shrinking right. The market of Memphis didn't can have cap cap. Space went out the window. Atlanta doesn't need a center New York's got new owners management. There I mean we don't know if Andre Drummond drumming is Leeann Rose Guy You know that. I don't think that's going to be your first big signing go in there and like give him four years one hundred fifty million dollars in New York. The Knicks fans just just vomited. As you're saying that they just vomited So if you're Detroit you know what happens if he if he ops in then and you've got a you got him for the year. Maybe trying to flip him in another deal. So you kind of cut your Bait you get a second round pick You've got thirty five thirty six million million dollars in In Room to go out and get a starting point. Guard is Fred Vanfleet Dwayne Casey favor. And then you kind of patch up your rescue roster stor or you just wait and just kind of I mean I think the reality is that like Detroit is like like full rebuild. This and the canard rumors that they were willing to trade canard for a good draft. Pick not a crappy traffic. That's why they didn't get the deal done. They're probably haggling with Phoenix over as well as reported over how heavily protected or lightly that pick is going to be but but it does signal like. If you don't think Luke Kennard is a cinch to be part of your next Detroit Pistons CNN. He's what twenty two twenty three. Yeah his third year in the League and you think whoever you get you pick with this two thousand twenty draft pick like your old ways away
SportsCenter All Night
Former NBA commissioner David Stern suffers brain hemorrhage
"Com to the NBA in the league says a former commissioner David stern suffer a sudden brain hemorrhage Thursday and had emergency surgery the league says in a statement its thoughts and prayers are with the seventy seven year old stern family he served exactly thirty years as the NBA's longest tenured commissioner before Adam silver replaced in February of twenty fourteen well wishes from coaches Dwayne Casey and Rick
Nick Digilio
James Harden of Houston Rockets garners MVP award after career season
"Espn radio sportscenter i'm ryder rockets james harden wins the nba mvp for the first time it is rare after leading the league in scoring averaging thirty point four points per game also helping lead houston franchise record sixty five wins ordained beat out lebron james nancy davis one of the biggest debates was who would win working of the year it's filadelfia is ben simmons over utah's donovan mitchell and boston's jason tatum simmons on the seventy sixers play offseason things pretty incredible we had this year i see your point together so i think we have a long way to go but i think that draws attention of other phrases biggest stars like that so for us you know it's great it's very bad the play together as a team win ios on the floor at the same time which is what you need to win coach of the year goes dwayne casey after the raptors one of the most games these utah's rudy gobert was the defensive player beer most improved player goes to the pacers viktoria depot clippers guard lou williams was the six man of the year award on a major league scoreboard yankees half a three game slide phillies four to two aaron judge hitting his twentieth homerun raised no problem with the nationals eleven and others heaven here meyer grand slam back flakes now goes to ten and forward to win scattered one hit over seven scoreless with ten strikeouts marlins may get four straight to feeding the diamondbacks nine to five miami with a four one eight snaps arizona's fourgame what he's freaked ira ten to five game losing streak beating.
The Lars Larson Show
Lebron Lebron, Latoya and Randy discussed on The Lars Larson Show
"And forty second nba coaching change since gregg popovich began as coach coaching san antonio this is a league that makes a lot of changes and there are very very few franchises that have found stability that's part of the game and i think dwayne casey did a great job this year throughout the regular season but the way he lost again to the cavs cost him his job in what universe does this starting five beat lebron any four guys kyle lowry fred benfleet demar derozan ojea nobody and yoenis balance shooters in what universe does that starting five beat lebron james and any other four guys in the nba in a universe where that team was taking the seven games by the pacers and they were one of the worst defensive teams in the league during the regular season and had to split their team and really start fresh midseason now i'm not saying you beat lebron james but i am saying you've got to make your best effort and i think obviously dwayne casey hasn't been able to get that done and you have to all star so i think if you're toronto and and you're looking at a team that was viewed by many jeff at the deepest team in the league throughout the regular season if you're toronto you get swept to kim by that lebron lebron this year let's be honest he's playing with kevin love tito jermaine and randy right and latoya might be on that team what he's not playing with this all star team that he had before so this i don't like the toronto raptors they were great regular season team start when the postseason started i said they'll be lucky to win their first round series i don't think it's that i don't personally believe look kyle lowry and and the murderers are really good players.
The Rich Eisen Show
NBA Coaches Association Votes Dwayne Casey as Coach of the Year
"Can support my sponsors by going to my show page at podcast one dot com clicking on the support this podcast button and there you'll see all of my wonderful sponsors that help make this show possible so thank you for downloading subscribing and of course supporting now back to the show stay tuned for sixty seconds of eight news headlines right after this podcast mark stein now the new york times reporting today that the national basketball coaches association which is all coaches of the nba voting for coach of the year have named dwayne casey of the dispatched toronto raptors as the coach of the year not surprising because he might be nba coach of the year when the riders vote on it but buried deep in the story third to last paragraph the other seven coaches to receive votes from their peers were brett brown philadelphia houston's mark dantonio indiana's nate mcmillan san antonio's gregg popovich utah's quin snyder portland terry stotts and the clippers doc rivers all worthy of votegetters no brad stevens which means by the way brad stevens high class enough to not vote for himself and what gear what look i understand all these coaches deserve at least a mention a pat on the back good job all year all of them had had had interesting situations in playoff runs but not even brad stevens getting a single vote to bear saying i little bit little bit wait till you hear the last time somebody got quickly fired after winning coach of the year i've got that set for your phone calls and bob lee with his new emmy award coming up our two are you looking for a champions insight from fan's perspective into the world of sports and entertainment then checkout indicate with me nba champion bj armstrong at me sports analyst gerald brown right he'll podcast one we know the business and each week we'll chat with celebrity guests provided informed discourse on the cultural beats of the moment download new episodes of indicate every thursday on podcast one sports dot com the podcast one f or apple podcasts i just saved hundreds of dollars by switching to gyco i feel like a whole new person disclaimer you will not become a whole new person this is impossible you might be able to join a gym more diet program by new wardrobe get here implants dna in physical form.
Noon Report with Rick Van Cise
Sixers, Toronto and Nhl discussed on Noon Report with Rick Van Cise
"Series in the windy city they are tied at three in the fifth inning king felix getting the start in this game for the mariners damsel be moving on to cleveland for a four game series with the indians nba playoff action tonight indiana led by head coach and sonics legend nate mcmillan in cleveland to take on the bra ron and the cavaliers and toronto at home their head coach former sonics assistant dwayne casey they'll face washington both of those series even at two games apiece the seventy sixers have advanced to the nba eastern conference semifinals just two years after a season that saw them win just ten games and lose seventy two the sixers will take on either boston or milwaukee in the next round after they eliminated miami last night one nhl playoff game tonight it is a decisive game seven in boston the bruins taking on the toronto maple leafs more sports in thirty.
The Hangout
Raptors finally win Game 1
"Dot com we also saw the toronto raptors finally get a a first round opening game win they did it against the wizards won fourteen to what oh six and the head coach of the raptors dwayne casey is this is this a sigh of relief we feel good about this is a journey is a marathon you know whatever it was that that first game was about hopefully we got an offer bag but we're not we're not satisfied you know we're in this for the long run we know when a tough series with a very athletic fast team there's not a sigh of relief i think is more and more made out of it than anything else so we just gotta go out and do what we do i think eighty two games a good sample size of who we are i ever win in the postseason opener they were owned nine they hit sixteen threes to set a playoff franchise record for a single game you had rosen and lowry struggled in the first half came on there in the second half.
The Hangout
Raptors finally win Game 1
"Dot com we also saw the toronto raptors finally get a a first round opening game win they did it against the wizards won fourteen to what oh six and the head coach of the raptors dwayne casey is this is this a sigh of relief we feel good about this is a journey is a marathon you know whatever it was that that first game was about hopefully we got an offer bag but we're not we're not satisfied you know we're in this for the long run we know when a tough series with a very athletic fast team there's not a sigh of relief i think is more and more made out of it than anything else so we just gotta go out and do what we do i think eighty two games a good sample size of who we are i ever win in the postseason opener they were owned nine they hit sixteen threes to set a playoff franchise record for a single game you had rosen and lowry struggled in the first half came on there in the second half.
First Take
Injuries taking toll on new-look Cleveland Cavaliers
"While you sports fans did you know you can stream this podcast on spotify right now it's easy open the app on your mobile device or desktop click on the browse channel then click on the podcast section you can also stream on your smart speaker now it's that much easier for you to stay up to date on all the latest and greatest and all things sports thanks despite a fi still got more for you coming off a below out lost to the lakers the injury riddled cavaliers tried to get back on track tonight as they continue their west coast trip against the sun's unfortunately for cleveland no help inside it's kevin love is still two to three weeks out from returning the cavs find themselves in fourth place in the east eleven games behind firstplace raptors who have won fifteen of their last sixteen they are bond stephen is toronto now the favorite in the know none of my estimate and i don't mean any disrespect particularly the greatness of serie and the gm along with dwayne casey who i think his proven to be one of the great great coaches in the nba dhamar rosen democra rosa kim ball i've always been a fan of cholera in i go back to his days at villanova when i was writing for the philadelphia inquirer he's especially young man but they got approved themselves in the postseason as long as lebron james is in the east in conference come playoff time he is the favorites it's just that simple all of this trouble that the cleveland cavaliers in i haven't seen kevin love in the lineup kevin love it i didn't see those struggles with kevin kevin love one hundred percent healthy he had physical injuries now we learned that he has some mental issues as well and we wish him nothing but the bestest my man love kevin love but the bottom line is that was the situation now come april may do this is the time and i've said this many cages lebron james has graduated to a point where in terms of his own court ability not talking about his leadership because they found a way to keep kyri it cleveland but that's neither here nor there at this point as a talent on the basketball court lebron james has graduated to a point where he does not deserve to be judged before april and that's where i met with the it.