Ian Akoro

Basketball Coach :All about player development first. 3D Metro basketball Club.

[Indiana Pacers @Pacers]

"I knew that the officials always swallow their whistles at the end of games [...] I knew I was going right through the chest of MJ and make them call an offensive foul in my building, which I knew they wouldn't." 😈

Reggie Miller and Tyrese Haliburton walk through Reggie's game-winner over Michael Jordan in Game 4 of the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals.

Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/3vafJVAeXd

[JOHN LUCAS ENT @JLEnterprises]

In this basketball ecosystem….To change where you currently stand…You have to change as well.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Kobe Bryant shares why most teams get practice wrong and what Phil Jackson taught him about preparation.

"Practices are meant to be competitive. If your practices aren't more competitive than the games themselves, you're doing the wrong thing."

That's the standard. How you prepare is how you are going to play.

"Most of these teams and coaches have gotten into a mindset of resting players. 'Oh, it's too much. We're not gonna practice.' Light day, light day, light day."

"Phil never gave us a light day. There was no days off. You show up and you work. You practice."

You show up and do the work. No excuses or shortcuts.

"Practices are going to be worse. They're gonna be more physical. There's gonna be more trash talking."

"And I'm gonna let you know. If you didn't show up today, I'm gonna let you know. And it's gonna be embarrassing, and you're gonna hate it."

Then he explained why it all mattered:
"But when Game 7 rolls around in the NBA Finals, you will be prepared."

That's the tradeoff. Hard now, easy later - or easy now, hard later.

You don't rise to the moment. You fall to the level of your preparation.
(🎥 The Corp)

[Tom Parks @CoachTomParks]

Coaches, take care of yourself.

When you give so much to others, you need to make sure you give to yourself too.

[SportsStatsFan @SportsStatsFan]

1993 Finals by Michael Jordan was one of the best all-time and arguably only behind Jordan's 1991 Finals.

Jordan in Games 2-5:

♦️45.5ppg 9rpg 6.5 apg 37% 3PT 56.1%TS (+2.9% rTS)

CHI averaged 110.3ppg so at a min, MJ was involved in 53% of CHI points

[Hoops Companion 🏀 Resources for Coaches @Hoops_Companion]

The more high school hoops film I watch, the more I firmly believe these 3 things could completely change your life as a guard (and make your team so much better):

1 - have a damn retreat dribble in your game…you don’t HAVE to keep driving into a tiny gap or help

2 - make your move/play/decision one dribble earlier

3 - do the easy thing

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

Dwyane Wade led the 2008 Olympic team in scoring at 16 a game on 67 percent shooting in under 19 minutes a night, then scored 27 in the gold medal game, a 118-107 win over Spain.

LeBron James and Kobe Bryant carried the billing on that roster while Wade carried the efficiency.

[Pitless @pitlessball]

Shaquille O'Neal 2003 WCSF Tape:

25.3 PPG, 14.3 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.8 BPG, 59.2% TS (+9.6 rTS%)

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

Kobe Bryant hung 43 on the Celtics in 2007, adding 8 rebounds and 8 assists in a 111-98 win.

Boston was 13 games into an 18 game losing streak that year and finished 24-58, a collapse that bought them Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett the next summer.

[Vintage Hoops @VintageHoops]

NBA Playoffs intro (1995)
NBA Showtime

[Wise Michael Jordan @itsMichaelJ]

Throwback to 1998 when Michael Jordan dropped 41 on Reggie Miller and the Pacers in the ECF 👀🐐

[Bulls Chronicles @BullsTalkOnly]

Scottie Pippen 1997 Playoffs highlights.

[Milwaukee Men's Basketball @MKE_MBB]

Nothing but birthday fun for Ben Akoro today.
Have an amazing year! 🎂

[JOHN LUCAS ENT @JLEnterprises]

Tina Thompson✨#BeElite #AreYouNext

[Playoff Performances @plfperformances]

Michael Jordan 49 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL, 1 BLK, 19/34 FG, 4/11 3PT vs Sixers (1990, ECSF Game 3)

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

Barkley won a rebounding title in 1986-87 at 14.6 a game while listed at six foot six. Rodman won seven of them.

Ben Wallace won four defensive awards after going undrafted. Draymond has thousands fewer rebounds than any of the other three, and he goes.

[Ian Akoro @ian_akoro]

@VinnysCorner1 North Carolina

[Playoff Performances @plfperformances]

Michael Jordan 40 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK, 15/31 FG vs Orlando (1995, ECSF Game 3)

[Playoff Performances @plfperformances]

Kobe Bryant 42 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 15/27 FG, 2/4 3PT vs Spurs (2004, WCSF Game 4)