Coach Shutt

Husband Father of 5👦🏻👦🏻👧🏻👦🏻👶🏻 Coach Teacher John 15:5
NHSSCA Certified 🏋🏻

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

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[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Keldon Johnson on embracing his role as the sixth man: “I remember a couple years ago, I had a hard conversation with Pop. One morning, we were getting ready to play Dallas, and he pulled me to the side and told me that he thought it would be best for the team if I started coming off the bench. I said, ‘Yeah, of course. Whatever’s best for the team, I’ll do it.’ And I truly meant that, too.

But I’m also just human, man. And I was like 24 years old. If I said that I fully bought into this role from the jump, I’d be lying. I had averaged 22 points in the NBA. I’d won a gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics. So I just didn’t understand. I couldn’t wrap my head around it. And ultimately, I didn’t take it well. I sulked. I let the outside noise affect my play. I didn’t present the best version of myself as I was coming off the bench for the rest of that season. And I knew that I was much better than that.

I’ve been reflecting on that part of my journey a lot lately, with the position we’re in right now.

To backtrack a little bit…. When I was drafted in 2019, that was probably one of the most stressful nights of my life. I’d had a great year at Kentucky, and I thought I was going 9 or 10. In my mind, my floor was 15 to Detroit. The crazy thing is, I didn’t even work out for San Antonio. We talked a little bit on FaceTime, but I honestly didn’t think I’d still be on the board at 19 when the Spurs picked. Definitely not at 29, where I ended up going. I don’t know why I slipped so much, but thank God I did, because I landed at a proven organization with vets who could mold me.

That situation could have gone one of two ways. Thankfully, it went the good way.

Dejounte was young, too, but he knew the ropes better than me, and he made sure that I did everything the right way. I can’t thank him enough to this day for how much he’s helped my career. Same thing with DeMar DeRozan. Those guys really embraced me and took me under their wing as a young guy, and showed me how it was done. I feel like I had such a great group of vets, whether it was LaMarcus Aldridge, Patty Mills, Rudy Gay — all those guys went out their way to make sure I was solid. I feel like they knew how good I could be before I even knew how good I could be. They didn’t let me skip any steps, which was huge for my career early on.

And yeah, fast-forward to summer 2024, and I got to thinking back on my first couple years here in San Antonio, and how I could get that spark back, get back to being me. That’s when I started to see the bigger picture. We had picks. There were all these signs that we were building something that was gonna be special, all these bright green flags.

But there was this one red flag.

Me.

In that moment, I had to take a hard look in the mirror. And man, I just got embarrassed. I hated that feeling — the feeling that I had let my vets down, and especially let my younger teammates down.

This organization believed in me since day one, when Pop and our GM at the time R.C. Buford took a leap of faith on a player who was sliding in the draft and didn’t even have a workout at their facility. They had a plan, and I was a big piece of that plan. I just needed to get out of my own way. Period.

I knew that I could either be the person who tries to fight the change, who makes it about them and their ego, and tries to do everything their way (which never really works). Or, I could trust the process. And the Spurs never gave me a reason not to trust it. So I bought into my role, and I put my best foot forward each and every night. Whatever I had to do to be the best version of myself, I did it. And I feel like this season has been a testament to that.

I’m just really at home here. I think that’s probably obvious, right? The cowboy hat isn’t a gimmick. San Antonio is all me. Being a country boy, that’s just a part of who I am. From Huntington Prep to Oak Hill Academy to Kentucky, I feel like I just carried that country boy vibe with me everywhere I went.” https://t.co/WnVP4cXPll

[Tom Crean @TomCrean]

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So much better usage of our vocabulary

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

Trap bar deadlifts, rows, bench press, explosive medicine ball work, cuts & sprints

Notice: no circus tricks on bosu balls or eyewash

Good for the pros, great for the youth athlete

Simple ≠ easy

[PLAYERANDTHEFAN @PLAYERANDTHEFAN]

So down by 1 at half to Oregon…want a glimpse of what happens at halftime that ignites 2nd half turnarounds….🔥🔥🔥

[Walters State Men’s Basketball @MBBWaltersState]

Season Highlights🎞️🔴🔵🏀🤘🏽
#GUTH

#5 Carter Webb @imCwebb
6’3 Fr. | Murfreesboro, TN

“CWebb” is one of the smoothest players in Juco basketball. Elite 3-level ISO scorer that can really shoot it. Great mid-range game. 49% from 3 with 86 Made

Player Comparison: Devin Booker

[catsclassics @catsclassics]

3⃣0⃣ years ago tonight ...

[cam @1cameronj]

Boozer, Flagg, Zion and others all had some great attempts, but he remains THE STANDARD for the one and done era

[Matt Norlander @MattNorlander]

ONE OF THE ALL TIME SHOTS IN TOURNAMENT HISTORY

[Doug Davenport @doug_davenport]

What else do you need to see? The man is a force of nature. 🐐🐐 🐐

[Kyle Tucker @KyleTuckerCBB]

Rick Pitino and St. John’s sweeping Big East regular-season and tournament titles in consecutive years is fairly incredible. All other circumstances being equal, give me Pitino over every basketball coach in history.

[Tyler Thompson @MrsTylerKSR]

Dickie V bringing the heat on Kentucky right now: "Moral victories do not count at this level of basketball...People may leave here saying, we kept it close. Bottom line is you're Kentucky, and you've got to leave here, especially at home. There are no moral victories."

[Siegel Athletics @SiegelAthletics]

It’s regions for your @siegelmbb! They play tonight at 7 against @BLAZE_HOOPS at Blackman High School.
Come out and support you Siegel Stars!
#P2BASS

[Siegel Athletics @SiegelAthletics]

Your @siegelmbb starting lineup for tonight's district game against @oaklandtnbball at 6:30.
Come out and support your Siegel Stars!

#P2BASS

[Siegel Athletics @SiegelAthletics]

It's district tournament for your @StarsWbb and @siegelmbb. Girls will play at 3:30 and Boys will play at 6:30.
Come out and support your Siegel Stars!

#P2BASS

[Steve Layman @SteveLayman]

Lebanon high school basketball player Jayden Bailey succumbed to his battle with cancer yesterday. Last night he was named to the All-4A-District 7 team and honored at their district tournament game. @NC5

[SiegelStarsWBB @StarsWbb]

🚨 Beginning Saturday, Feb 21, Siegel will be hosting the 10-AAAA District Tournament‼️

[WGNS Primetime Sports @WGNSSportsRadio]

Bracket UPDATE: A slight time change was made for 4A Tournaments at Siegel & Smyrna. Good luck to all local teams as postseason play begins. We have all brackets updated on our website: https://t.co/jR7djDivyr

[Tennessee Community College Athletic Association @TCCAAsports]

Congratulations to the @TCCAAsports / Region 7 Mens Basketball Player of the Week, Walters St's Carter Webb! This Senator freshman guard was 8/11 from the three and avg 18ppg this week while leading his team to two conf wins and keeping the Senators at the top of the standings.

[Siegel Men’s Basketball @siegelmbb]

SENIOR NIGHT @ The Nation!

@SiegelAthletics

#P2BASS