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From The Atlantic:
"Just like the players were turned off by his coaching style, from almost the beginning, Beilein was stunned by the culture of the modern NBA player, at least in Cleveland.
Players missing practices and games for mild soreness, or for no other reason than winning was not the primary goal early in a rebuild. It was something he never got used to. Players failed to retain basic, fundamental information delivered to them by coaches, and their revulsion to lengthy film and practice sessions was foreign to him."
I'm with Beilein on this. NBA players don't have to go to classes, not that college players attend that many. The pros have no other time commitments and they're making tens of millions of dollars in a highly competitive business. You'd think they would be eager to do anything to give them an edge. There's a lot of money at stake, yet they don't want to watch film or practice too much?
It reminds me of reading how LeBron would be out on the floor after practice working on his game while his teammates were checking their cell phones or listening to music. Larry Bird took 200 shots before every game just to make sure his stroke was locked in because he knew he would take the final shot if the game was tied.
I'm disgusted by players who get a scouting report and forget or disregard it, or who set limits on how much practice or film work they're willing to do.
"Just like the players were turned off by his coaching style, from almost the beginning, Beilein was stunned by the culture of the modern NBA player, at least in Cleveland.
Players missing practices and games for mild soreness, or for no other reason than winning was not the primary goal early in a rebuild. It was something he never got used to. Players failed to retain basic, fundamental information delivered to them by coaches, and their revulsion to lengthy film and practice sessions was foreign to him."
I'm with Beilein on this. NBA players don't have to go to classes, not that college players attend that many. The pros have no other time commitments and they're making tens of millions of dollars in a highly competitive business. You'd think they would be eager to do anything to give them an edge. There's a lot of money at stake, yet they don't want to watch film or practice too much?
It reminds me of reading how LeBron would be out on the floor after practice working on his game while his teammates were checking their cell phones or listening to music. Larry Bird took 200 shots before every game just to make sure his stroke was locked in because he knew he would take the final shot if the game was tied.
I'm disgusted by players who get a scouting report and forget or disregard it, or who set limits on how much practice or film work they're willing to do.