Our great coach on this episode is Scott Roth.

Scott is a former basketball player who played 160 NBA games with the Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves. His playing career also took him to Spain, Turkey and Greece. As a coach, he has led teams in Spain, the he Dominican Republic and the the NBA G-League as well as being an assistant coach of the Chinese and Turkish national teams. He was also an Assistant with the the Mavericks, Golden State, Piustons and Raptors, and with the Perth Wildcats in Australia.

In 2021, he was appointed Head Coach of the NBA’s expansion Team, the Tasmanian Jack Jumpers. He led them to a Grand Final in his first year and the Championship in his third.

Some of the ther highlights for me included:

Scott’s view that allowing the outside influence of social media into your mind can stop you from being vulnerable enough to dare greatly.

Question: How do you manage the outside influences that can, in Scotts words “drag dirty feet through your mind?”

How he uses vulnerability to illustrate the role that care plays in his leadership style, and how he uses this to coach hard and challenge people.

Question: How do you find the balance between telling people the truth, but also exhibiting care?

The fascinating story of how he taught his new players and club what it meant to be Tasmanian by sending them to work on an Apple Orchard. And the bloodlines group he set up of people that have shaped Tasmanian Basketball, to help the team stay connected to its heritage.

Question: What routines do you use to connect your team to the identity that shaped it?

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