Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)
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Sure. You adopted a philosophy. Why do you think that happened? Because you had a very tough coach at the 96 Olympics where you won the gold medal. And then you becoming a coach, you kind of went away from that philosophy a little bit. Why do you think that?
Sure, sure. And obviously you've proven your philosophy to be somewhat correct in that way. So also, I mean, in basketball, there's this thing now where I guess analytics came in and there's this drive towards efficiency of the game, which has led to kind of almost like basketball by robots in some ways. Everyone kind of shoots the same. Everyone plays the same.
We're shooting threes, you know, and it's this drive towards efficiency. which I think it's pretty clear that it is working. The efficiency is working. Points are higher than ever before. But it's kind of like losing a bit of the individual characteristics of individual players. There's no more people doing sky hooks. There's no more Kevin McHale's kind of low post games. No more mid-range.
Mid-range is gone.
Right. So you personally don't... No, no.
But they're not the absolute. You told the nurse to shut the up and get out of the locker room. We're going to win this game without your stupid numbers. And as a as a coach, like when you look at players, how you draw the line between like. having a killer instinct as a player and being a good teammate.
Because I think sometimes in culture, we really kind of put on a pedestal this idea of, I'm going to win at all costs as a player, as a human being. I don't care about anything but winning. And we kind of glorify that a bit in America. And I wonder if you can shed any light in terms of, is that correct? Or is that a balance between being a good teammate and being an individual kind of...
Right.
But you wouldn't say every coach would adopt that philosophy.
Right.
And that's why you're winning.
And... So what do you think about this, the NIL rules in college basketball right now, where your players are getting paid for their likeness, I guess? Yes. You know, not getting paid by the school, but for the external sponsorship? Not yet. It's coming. Sure. And how do you feel about college athletes and pay?
And that's bad.
Right. And I do want to talk about this book a little bit. I read it. I have to say it reads like you wrote it. As in the way it's, the way the dialogue is written is very like, oh, this was you putting your thoughts in there. It's me, everything.
Basketball, yeah. That probably costs like 20 bucks. Yeah. Knowing what I know about publishing, that jacket is, yeah. But I want to ask you about one story you're telling here is about how you got heart disease and you coached through it to win a championship like a crazy person.
Can you explain why that's probably not a good idea for normal people to...
It takes years. When he said that, you just set a hot screen on him and... You'd be like, don't tell me not to play basketball anymore.
But you won a championship with heart disease, basically.
Yes. Anyone watching this, do not do that. Listen to your doctors. But, Don, thanks so much for joining me on the show.
Thank you, man. Appreciate it. Thank you for winning Medals for America. And thank you for teaching the next generation. And thanks for joining me on this show. I really appreciate it. It's John Staley, everybody. Uncommon Favor is available now. John Staley. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. Thanks for joining me.
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