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1-ON-1 with TYRONE ELLIS

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Current head coach of the G-League Stockton Kings, Tyrone Ellis, joined Will for 1-ON-1 with Basketball Network. Ty had a great career in Europe where he also played for the Georgian national team and help them reach Division A of Eurobasket.

  • 0:37 - Basketball Beginning/growing up in Dallas
  • 1:35 - College Career NAIA Division
  • 4:25 - Meeting with Mitch Kupchak/ Playing for the Lakers
  • 5:23 - Starting the International Career
  • 6:50 - Playing against Barcelona (Navarro, Bodiroga
  • 8:19 - Difference between European (ACB, Euroleague) & NBA basketball
  • 9:45 - Problems with getting paid in Europe (Italy & Turkey)
  • 11:48 - Difference between European & NBA basketball
  • 14:10 - Toughest matchups in Europe
  • 15:58 - Quick Dejan Bodiroga story - He's a winner and gets things done'
  • 17:20 - Difference between European and American fans
  • 19:30 - Playing for Georgia National Team
  • 21:50  - Meeting the Georgian president who was drunk at the time (ending up on a NY Times cover)
  • 25:00 - Transition to becoming a coach (Five-year plan)
  • 28:00 - Experience coaching Team USA with Jeff Van Gundy
  • 33:00 - Ellis describes his coaching style
  • 34:25 - Things he learned from Gregg Popovich to be a great coach
  • 36:28 - Secret ingredients to developing a great player
  • 39:42 - Tyrone Ellis doesn't believe in positionless basketball
  • 42:49 - Evolution of Big Men in the NBA
  • 45:00 - Getting players to buy into a coaches system (difference in black and white coaches)
  • 49:29 - Evolution of the NBA in the future
  • 51:39 - NBA's reaction to social and racial injustice
  • 54:10 - Coaching and adapting through the pandemic
  • 55:55 - Next step in his career
  • 01:02:40 - The most talented players he had the opportunity to coach
  • 01:04:15 - Quickfire questions
  • 01:04:38  - Why it's impossible to stop LeBron James
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