Steve Kerr says Michael Jordan was the most emotionally dominant athlete he’s ever seen, and says everyone (other team, officials, his teammates, fans, etc...) knew he was going to win because of it “Yeah, I mean he was um the most emotionally dominant athlete I’ve ever seen in my life and it’s not close and um obviously the physical skills were incredible. um he’s the greatest player of all time, but there was an emotional um dominance that was hard to quantify, but when you were on his team, you knew you were going to win. Um... The other team knew he was going to win, the officials knew he was going to win, and the fans knew he was going to win.” “And but as a teammate, that was not easy because he drove uh drove us at such a high standard every single day. And um frankly, I had teammates who um I enjoyed a lot more. Tim Duncan, you know, was um very different leader. Tim was much more like Steph Curry, very compassionate, empathetic, um collaborative. Michael just drove us. He drove us and he was effective, but it was a very different form of leadership.” “And um you know playing with him changed my whole career and I I owe him you know my whole career really. Uh... but it was not easy.”

Now that I am back home and have had time to reflect, I can easily say that watching Caitlin Clark play basketball at Gainbridge is a spiritual experience She really is the most entertaining player in this league without a doubt. Welcome to the Jungle fever fans

Steve Kerr shares that one of the most valuable things he's learned as a coach is to stop beating himself up after failure. "I've had to unlearn the tendency to beat myself up after failure...I'm going to lose. I'm going to make poor decisions that I regret later. But losing sleep over them and beating myself up is not at all productive." A lot of coaches are great at helping players recover from mistakes, but many struggle to extend that same grace to themselves. You can prepare relentlessly, care deeply, and still make decisions you wish you could take back. The question isn't whether you'll make mistakes. Every coach does. Similar to athletes, the question is how you'll choose to respond after them...For your players and yourself. 📹: Consello

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A high-academic D3 Coach told us this: “As soon as I get a recruit's name I go to Twitter” Their goal? Get a quick sense of the player's fit for their program, aka if they are "recruitable" Best Case: The recruit has all key info listed in their profile, it is up to date & there's film to watch Worst Case: Limited info, no highlight, or even worse - no profile at all Coaches can't recruit what they can't find Twitter (X) is free and something all recruits should create & maintain

Bron and Wade mocked Dirk for being sick, then lost the next two games to him 😭 Imagine clowning a man with a 101° fever while he’s outscoring you 26-0 in the clutch. Dirk’s 2011 ring might genuinely be the heaviest ever

Michael Jordan’s 1987/88 season was insane 🤯⬇️ MVP DPOY All-Star Game MVP 82 GMS 40.4 MPG (NBA High) 35 PTS (NBA High) 3.2 STL (NBA High) 1.6 BLK 5.9 AST 5.5 REB 54% FG

If Bird had today’s medicine back in the 80s, he’d be the undisputed GOAT. Let’s be honest. Larry Bird won 3 straight MVPs and 3 championships even though his teams weren’t stacked like his rivals. But his career got cut short. After age 31, his back injuries ruined him. With today’s medical tech, Bird could have played another 5 to 7 prime years easily. He was never athletic to begin with, so his game wouldn’t have dropped much with age. Basically, Bird was fully healthy for only 9 seasons, including his rookie year. The season before he joined, the Celtics went 29–53. Then Bird came in, and they jumped to 61–21, a 32-win improvement in his first year. He was Rookie of the Year, First Team All-NBA, 4th in MVP voting, and took a lottery team straight to the Eastern Conference Finals. That’s insane impact. Over the next six seasons, he finished: - 2nd in MVP voting three times - Won three MVPs in a row - 3rd once Then his back gave out. That was basically it. Nine healthy seasons. For comparison, in LeBron’s first nine seasons, he had one ring. Now imagine Bird with modern sports medicine, back surgery, load management, better travel, better recovery. He probably plays 14 prime years instead of 8. That’s 5 or 6 rings, 5 or 6 Finals MVPs, 5 or 6 MVPs. That’s GOAT-level stuff. In his prime, Bird had no weaknesses. Elite IQ. Passer. Defender. Rebounder. Scorer. Shooter. Clutch. Leader. Even Jordan took about 5 years to round out his game. LeBron didn’t hit full form until year 9. Bird was nearly perfect by year 2. And don’t forget impact. Bird and Magic literally saved the NBA. Before them, the Finals were on tape delay. The league had almost no fans. Bird helped make basketball cool again. Without Bird and Magic, there would be no Air Jordan era. So at worst, Bird is top 3 all-time in NBA impact. LeBron changed the player side of the game, contracts, super teams, power to players. But Bird changed the entire league and fan culture. You could even argue LeBron’s super-team era hurt the league’s competitiveness for years. Bottom line: In the future, players will have better medical care and longer primes. When we compare careers, we need to consider how much modern tech helps today’s stars. If Bird had that same advantage, he might have ended up the greatest ever. Credit: HoopersParadise