Now that is a MAN!
-eye contact
-no pouting
-read his lips: YES SIR
*WINNERS want to be coached*
-losers have excuses and think they're being picked on or singled out-
BREAKING NEWS:: No AAU coach, No High School coach CAN GET YOU A SCHOLARSHIP! If they could, why wouldn't they get their sons, nephews, and best friends kids ONE! ONLY U can get yourself a SCHOLARSHIP! grades-game-attitude-work ethic-coachability
#100
Watch what
@KingJames
does after he gets his pre game shots up before the Rockets game! He’s not a good guy, he’s a GREAT GUY! He understands what comes with wearing the purple and gold!
#props
Breaking news} college & NBA coaches want players to get to the rim in 2 (maybe 3) DRIBBLES at the most! All this 10 dribbles between your legs and nine dribbles behind your back is garbage! Trainers are teaching tricks... we need trainers to teach conciseness!
AD is a HALL of FAMER! You can't put him and Dwight Howard in the same sentence...This is LEBRON's team and then eventually it will be handed to AD! He is the future of LAKER basketball...
For the Lakers this is a massive gamble on one year with Anthony Davis & LeBron James. I say gamble because all you have to do is look back at their recent history—the Dwight Howard, Steve Nash trades— to see how this could go very wrong. But if it goes right....!?
I posted this about 8 hours ago on Instagram after watching Max Lewis work out in Las Vegas this morning! What a steal on and off the court for the
@Lakers
Casual cutters kill an offense... if you make a HARD cut and even if you don’t receive the ball, you’re going to affect multiple defenders and get a teammate a seam or open 👀 look!
What does a player do the morning of the
@NBA
draft? He gets up shots & works on his game! What a high character kid that checks off so many boxes on & off the court! Great job by the
@Lakers
✔️ I really didn’t think you’d be around when they got to that pick!
#nba
#NBADraft2023
Players win games and
@ArizonaMBB
has 3 future pros in Mathurin, Tubelis, and Koloko! Offensively they come at you in waves off makes or misses and can really score the ball! They move it, space it and SHARE the it! Coach Lloyd is my National Coach of the Year hands down!
It is absolutely amazing how many high school basketball players refuse to meet their pass! Poor, poor youth coaching! But they sure as heck know how to jack up three-pointers and DRIBBLE 37 times between their legs!
Always great to catch up with my guy
@TheTraeYoung
It took me about 4 drills when he was at a high school camp in Norwalk, Ca to figure out he was a PRO…
Uncoachable players:
-Take it personally
-Feel they’re being singled out
-Become very defensive
-Play the EXCUSE CARD
Coachable players:
-Open to feedback/criticism
-Want to be coached
-See it as a way to get better
-Live in the gym
What a great day on Twitter catching up with REAL Laker fans that I have missed...Appreciate the tweets, DM’s and emails! I promise I will get back to ALL of you, it will take a while but man do I love the purple and gold fans! You were all great to me for my 6 years 🙏 ❤️🏀
Most good shooters are usually meticulous with their approach working on their craft... there is a method to their madness!! Start inside and work your way out...🏀
My man
@JordanClarksons
getting his WORK in! One of my favorite Lakers when I covered the team! He GOT it on and off the court! Averaged a career high 17 ppg this past season coming off the bench in Cleveland...not satisfied- BEST yet to come!!!
The great coaches never scream and yell about WINNING! They rant and rave about:
1. Playing hard
2. Playing smart
3. And playing together
*See if you do those 3 things you’ll WIN a lot more than you lose
TRAINERS let you dribble the ball 107 times before you make a move!
College coaches tell you to get from A to B in 2-3 dribbles
* some parents are so easily TRICKED *
Crazy how some parents choose AAU programs based on all the free gear and plane tickets they can get to events! You wouldn’t want great coaching & the building of fundamentals to possibly secure scholarship! They want GEAR!
#sadSTATE
Not a day goes by that something doesn’t remind me of the Mamba! He was so good to
@geeter3
and I all the years we covered him! Mamba Out but NEVER forgotten 🙏🏀🙏🐐💯
What college coach lets a kid dribble between your legs 9 times and gets nowhere off the bounce!! If you can’t create a shot in 1 or 2 maybe 3 dribbles your game is whack! People stealing 💰💰💰
Could not be happier or prouder of
@JeanieBuss
& Rob Pelinka for sticking to their plan and core values! It would’ve been easy to panic but the one thing I know Dr. Buss taught you was to believe in your plans and see them thru! Haters gonna hate but they don’t have your DNA 🏀
The best Mobley is Mom Mobley
@TurnerSportsEJ
&
@TheJetOnTNT
Nicole won a CIF state championship at Mt. Carmel HS in San Diego...as a 6’0” post player she wore
#34
(Isaiah
#3
and Evan is
#4
) CLASS FAMILY
If you are
@laker
fan you could not ask
@KingJames
to do anything more than what he is doing! Over 30 points a game, almost 10 rebounds a night, and 5 assists a game vs Mavs, Timberwolves, Bulls, Suns, and Spurs! He needs HELP!
We have had a blast over the years talking Los Angeles sports…
@VeniceMase
steers a ship as well as anyone in the nation,
@ArashMarkazi
is as connected as anyone in the world of sports, and I’m just good looking 🤪🤣💯
Hearing Isaiah Mobley will commit to USC tomorrow...
Evan Mobley will obviously follow
Predicting Johnny Juzang will join them as well as Onyeka Okongwu in the near future! High major and High character kids with great families! Enfield is turning up the heat in LA!
So good to see
@QuincyPondexter
growing in our profession as a coach! Have known him well over 15 years and watched him in high school,
@UW_MBB
, and then about a 9 or 10 year in the
@nba
What a great role model for Huskies on and off the court! They should be 🧽’s
I love the pace that
@XavierMBB
plays at! Sean Miller defined roles, the players accepted their roles and that has produced a flowing unselfish offense! Spacing along with ball movement & player movement is the hardest offense to guard! Love my wall on
@SportsCentralLA
#Sweet16
My wife lost her credit card and keeps wondering why I don’t cancel it? Whoever found it is spending much much less money than she does! I keep telling her it will pop up somewhere in the house 😂
1 Get more sleep
2 Make time to exercise
3 Drink more water
4 Eat less sugar
5 Stay teachable
6 Read and write more
7 Remove clutter
8 More random acts of kindness
9 Don't respond to negativity
10 SMILE MORE
If you are a LAKER fan you should be ELATED to have AD!
#future
Sure you would have liked Leonard, but this is a very exciting time for LOS ANGELES BASKETBALL...
There was never a dull moment working with
@RKHorry
He was one of my favorite tv 📺 teammates when we covered the Lakers! Big Shot kept it 💯 24/7! First thing he said, Roll Tide…I hit him with go
@XavierMBB
It is absolutely crazy that Nipsey Hussle is gone!
#RIP
I saw him yesterday at the Texas Tech - Gonzaga game at the West Regional Finals! He was about CHANGE & GREATNESS! Today was a SAD day...
Miss ya KB! We had a heckuva run starting in Lower Marion and ending in Los Angeles 🥲 Not a day I don’t use something you taught me over all those years! You treated me like family from day one 💜
.
@coachcsmith_
is that guy! The one that never has a bad day! The minute he started talking about
@UtahMBB
I was sold! His track record of winning speaks for itself, & it was easy to see his players at shoot around feed off his energy and passion! He’s a TEACHER on/off the court
I coached one of the BEST point guards ever in the NBA and we never talked about STEALS...WE TALKED ABOUT STOPS! We talked about ACTIVE HANDS & LIVE FEET! They produce deflections which lead to STEALS!
Quit letting kids jack up 3’s... on my youth teams you have to be able to make right/left and layups, and realize the backboard is your FRIEND 💯🏀
#NEEDmoreTEACHERS
#wantPLAYERSnotBALLERS
This is the type of move DR. BUSS would make! A BIG TIME TALENT to star with LEBRON and they kept KUZ...Today was a GOOD day on
@icecube
birthday! Yay Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! (cube voice)
This group right here set the tone for this year’s
@PangosAACamp
Lots of guys WISH they are big time players - this group WORKS to be big time players! Huge difference... respect the process drill by drill & repetition by repetition! If it was easy to be a PRO everyone would be