As long as we're talking coaches. Tyson Chandler on LB:
BASKETBALL 24/7
People ask what Coach Brown is like when he's not talking basketball and he's a great dude, but the thing is, he's talking basketball 24/7.
There are not too many conversations that you'll have with him that aren't about basketball. He's a very concerned person, but he's 100 percent into basketball.
His impact has been huge. One thing about coach is he's going to bring it and be the same every single day. He will never stop coaching. I don't know if I've ever been around anyone who loves basketball as much as he does and has the passion for it that he does.
It never stops and he'll breakdown everything in footage. He'll breakdown a mistake that a rookie made at the end of the game as if it was the first play of the game that a starter would make. That's one thing I appreciate about him is that he coaches every single player the same.
If you make a mistake, he will correct you. He doesn't care if you're in your 12th year or your first. That attitude trickles down to our team and gives us our character.
Coach Brown has shown me the dedication every day that it takes to be great. It's about understanding the passion and knowledge that you have to have to be great. The way he talks about the game is totally different from anybody I've ever heard talk about it.
The way he breaks things down, the way he looks at mechanics, the way he understands why guys are great scorers or great rebounders. Everything he does is from studying and that's something I have learned from him.
For example, I'll shoot a hook shot or a short jump shot and I'll make it and he’ll come back and say, "Oh Tyson, come on, you have to get the ball in your fingertips."
After he says something like that it feels uncomfortable. But then I'll shoot it and miss it and he'll say, "great shot." Your first reaction is to say: "What are you talking about, great shot? I just missed that."
But I've come to the realization that he understands that it doesn't matter if you miss it that particular time. If you continue to shoot the ball the right way and you get to the point where you shoot the same way every single time, you're going to make a higher percentage. It works out better than if you're shooting half the time one-way and half the time another.
It's just stuff like that that he's a stickler on. He's a stickler on you doing things the right way every single time.
You have to have a team that's receptive to his coaching and his coaching style. Guys have to be willing to learn every day because he's not going to stop teaching. If you're the type of person that at some point wants that voice to go away, it's not.
Every player I've talked to that has ever played for him says: "You're going to understand how great he is when you don't have him."
It can be tough for guys being coached non-stop because a lot of players have never had that in their career. But when you're on a different team and away from him, you look back and realize that he was just an incredible coach. Every guy I've talked to has said I'll learn more than I've ever learned just playing for him and it's true.
Let's try to elevate the level of discourse in this byeetch. Please
