DeMar DeRozan explains how Gregg Popovich treated basketball as almost the least important part of coaching
“There used to be days… We’d come in there thinking we had practice… But Coach Pop would show us Something going on in a third-world country… With 13-year-old kids being trained… To be killers with AK-47s.”
“He would say, we get to come here… and shoot a basketball… Make millions of dollars… Take care of your kids.”
“He used to do a lot of things… To put stuff in perspective all the time. That’s genuinely who he was… At all times.”
“It was always basketball last. You as a man first. Family, everything else before basketball.”
“He would tell us, this basketball stuff ain’t nothing. F— wins and losses. F— championships. What’s really important is: How are you doing? How’s your family? How are your kids?”
Allen Graves is sick. One of the most insane possession game monsters in NCAA history. Raptors stacking 6’9 guys that have gamebreaking defensive playmaking and passing/rebounding for their size.
Going to be one of the most interesting teams to watch in the NBA.
Been off socials for the past couple seasons due to life and other projects, but will contribute more again to some discussions in the coming season. To what extent is up in the air, but i will be around here and there.
If we want to relate this to the Raptors. Yes we need another mobile proper big, yes we need another point guard, but drafting outside of that is not something that should be disregarded as I've seen some do.
This goes for fans of any team. If you haven't look at Allen Graves. He's well worth a look and in my opinion a player that any team in the league can need.
This goes for fans of any team. If you haven't look at Allen Graves. He's well worth a look and in my opinion a player that any team in the league can need.
I could speak on the playoff series for I did watch it, but I don't feel it's a fair look based on injuries and it's a much smaller sample size of the team vs the whole season.
I would speak on what I noticed about the Raptors this year, but I honestly don't think I have a fair assessment of the whole season. This is because I was very busy and wasn't able to keep up with the team or basketball at all, outside if my own coaching.
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RJ Barrett on the Toronto Tempo ahead of their inaugural season starting on May 8, and any advice he would have for the new roster, and what they can expect from fans:
“I just want to say that we’re thankful, and we’re grateful, and we’re excited for the Tempo to be here, and to get their season started.”
“I think all that stuff in terms of just, what it is to play here, like I said, you have a whole country behind you.”
“I think them [Tempo] signing Kia [Nurse] is big time. She’ll be able to hold it down in that regard over there.”