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Sean Highkin

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

I more than one, you know, I had some I was I was seriously wondering whether he was going to survive that homestand. Like if they had lost the next couple of games, I was wondering if Nate Bjorkman was going to be the interim coach by the end of that week. But they won their next three games in a row. And, you know, I think at the minimum that kind of saved, you know, his job in the season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

I more than one, you know, I had some I was I was seriously wondering whether he was going to survive that homestand. Like if they had lost the next couple of games, I was wondering if Nate Bjorkman was going to be the interim coach by the end of that week. But they won their next three games in a row. And, you know, I think at the minimum that kind of saved, you know, his job in the season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

And then you've seen kind of the way that it's gone since then in terms of, you know, to your point, Dave, about pushing all the right buttons. You know, he took Shaden Sharp out of the starting lineup at the beginning of this run that they went on. And he was very honest about why he said Shaden's a really good scorer, but he's going to be a 25 point player.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

And then you've seen kind of the way that it's gone since then in terms of, you know, to your point, Dave, about pushing all the right buttons. You know, he took Shaden Sharp out of the starting lineup at the beginning of this run that they went on. And he was very honest about why he said Shaden's a really good scorer, but he's going to be a 25 point player.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

And then you've seen kind of the way that it's gone since then in terms of, you know, to your point, Dave, about pushing all the right buttons. You know, he took Shaden Sharp out of the starting lineup at the beginning of this run that they went on. And he was very honest about why he said Shaden's a really good scorer, but he's going to be a 25 point player.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

who gives up 25 points on the defensive end per game too. So he basically did that as a challenge to Shaden to be better on the defensive end. And, you know, it's been a little bit up and down, but Shaden largely has responded to that. And, you know, the same thing with Scoot, like early on in the season, Scoot was...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

who gives up 25 points on the defensive end per game too. So he basically did that as a challenge to Shaden to be better on the defensive end. And, you know, it's been a little bit up and down, but Shaden largely has responded to that. And, you know, the same thing with Scoot, like early on in the season, Scoot was...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

who gives up 25 points on the defensive end per game too. So he basically did that as a challenge to Shaden to be better on the defensive end. And, you know, it's been a little bit up and down, but Shaden largely has responded to that. And, you know, the same thing with Scoot, like early on in the season, Scoot was...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

having a lot of the same types of issues that he had last season and there were people around the team that were wondering like did they just miss on this pick is scoot just never going to be you know a starting caliber point guard but chauncey you know stay coach him hard he stayed on him he said like you know look you know what you're doing is not good enough scoot took it to heart and scoot has been really good for the last six weeks or so and you know

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

having a lot of the same types of issues that he had last season and there were people around the team that were wondering like did they just miss on this pick is scoot just never going to be you know a starting caliber point guard but chauncey you know stay coach him hard he stayed on him he said like you know look you know what you're doing is not good enough scoot took it to heart and scoot has been really good for the last six weeks or so and you know

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

having a lot of the same types of issues that he had last season and there were people around the team that were wondering like did they just miss on this pick is scoot just never going to be you know a starting caliber point guard but chauncey you know stay coach him hard he stayed on him he said like you know look you know what you're doing is not good enough scoot took it to heart and scoot has been really good for the last six weeks or so and you know

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

I think kind of the same vein is what we were talking about earlier with Scoot, how hard it is to learn the point guard position for the first time in the NBA. It's not easy to be a head coach for the first time in the NBA either. And Chauncey's also been kind of put in – We can go through the whole list of everything.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

I think kind of the same vein is what we were talking about earlier with Scoot, how hard it is to learn the point guard position for the first time in the NBA. It's not easy to be a head coach for the first time in the NBA either. And Chauncey's also been kind of put in – We can go through the whole list of everything.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

I think kind of the same vein is what we were talking about earlier with Scoot, how hard it is to learn the point guard position for the first time in the NBA. It's not easy to be a head coach for the first time in the NBA either. And Chauncey's also been kind of put in – We can go through the whole list of everything.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

We can go, we can go through the whole list of everything that's happened in the four years that he's been in the job. Like the Neil stuff happened like a month into his first season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

We can go, we can go through the whole list of everything that's happened in the four years that he's been in the job. Like the Neil stuff happened like a month into his first season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

We can go, we can go through the whole list of everything that's happened in the four years that he's been in the job. Like the Neil stuff happened like a month into his first season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

And then Dame has this, you know, the surgery, this first year. So they tear it down and they tank. And then the next, you know, Dame requests a trade. And then last year they have all the injuries and it's just, it's just all of this stuff. It hasn't been a really ideal situation for somebody to walk into as their first head coaching job, but. I think he's come out of it. I'll say this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

And then Dame has this, you know, the surgery, this first year. So they tear it down and they tank. And then the next, you know, Dame requests a trade. And then last year they have all the injuries and it's just, it's just all of this stuff. It hasn't been a really ideal situation for somebody to walk into as their first head coaching job, but. I think he's come out of it. I'll say this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kyrie injures knee | Thunder & Shai get 50

And then Dame has this, you know, the surgery, this first year. So they tear it down and they tank. And then the next, you know, Dame requests a trade. And then last year they have all the injuries and it's just, it's just all of this stuff. It hasn't been a really ideal situation for somebody to walk into as their first head coaching job, but. I think he's come out of it. I'll say this.