That was the culmination of my coaching career, just sitting and watching and letting what was going to happen, happen.
My book, Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball: Memoir of a Namibian Odyssey, is officially out in the world. You can buy it here.
Today’s interview is a reversal of roles. Andrés Alvarez (@nerdnumbers) is interviewing me for his podcast, Box Score Geeks, and I’m cross-posting the interview here.
Part 2 will drop on Thursday.
In this conversation, Dre and I talk:
How the thesis of my book is the way we think about coaching is wrong.
How our traditional model of coaching is based on obedience.
Dre likens the story to a modern day Hoosiers.
Simmons High School, the Mississippi Delta, and the best player I ever coached, Jasper Johnson.
Bob Knight and Coach K.
A documentary I made in 2012 titled SHOWTIME.
The phrase “Crack the whip.”
The Brian Scalabrine Challenge: I’m closer to LeBron James than you are to me.
Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech: You only connect the dots after.
Part 2 will come out Thursday. Dre and I talk Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Ted Lasso.
In the meantime, please consider buying, or gifting, my book, available here.
49. Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball, Part 1