"You own your paycheck." - Kevin Eastman
Your paycheck includes your minutes. If you want love from the coach, find ways to make her put you on the floor. Minutes aren't automatic in the NBA, especially if you're drafted number 22.
Coach Daniel breaks down his game (above)... 63% at power forward and 37% at center, despite being 6'6"
- Be versatile (has guarded all five positions)
- Be instinctive to overcome your limitations
- Understand pick-and-roll coverage
- Use defensive fakes (illustrated versus James Harden)
- Show your worth on analytics (elite defensive rating)
- Know your limitations (post defense)
- "Do the little things" (positioning)
- Use your intelligence to take away the most efficient shots
- Box out
- Use your body to control the screener (limit slips)
- Recover during the scramble
- Be loud
- Screen and seal
- Keep improving (limited usage but 60% 3's in playoffs, 80% EFG%
Yogi Berra reminds us, "you can see a lot by just looking." Highlights show how Celtics rookie Grant Williams finds ways to get on the court:
- Defend multiple positions
- Contain the ball
- Take a charge
- Help at the rim
- "Show your hands"
- Stay vertical
- Earn trust via pick-and-roll protection
- Understand "the ball scores"
- Catch the ball (no alligator arms)
- Show toughness (play bigger than you are)
- Never give up on a play
- Contest shots without fouling
