3/7 Michael Smith (Mormon Culture, Late 80’s Celtics, Clippers)
16 “boston always drafted tall, and they drafted white” (smith drafted in 1989, 13th overall pick)
19 ppl always forget (celtic) reggie lewis was the guy who guarded michael jordan the best in that era. he also scored on him at will. MS: “how did you know that?!”
21 in that era, teams went out to dinner together, they conversed more with each other and with reporters. now, everybody is isolated with their ipod
2230 Michael Smith’s Larry Bird HORSE story. according to nba legend, Smith is the greatest HORSE player of all-time.
25 celtic’s practice facility was a tiny college facility outside of boston that was a dump. hard floors. one of the last teams to get a decent place to practice.
40 Clippers are Blake’s team now. growth in leadership, passing, post-up move.
42 Blake’s best basketball move: a mental move in-game learning vs spurs
53 LAL SAS DAL, BOS MIA ORL CHI. against each other chicago 10-5. losing records: lakers miami orlando
1:00 bird resented mchale a tiny bit bc he didn’t give it as much as he should have to push bird to be greater. MS: “that’s kind of very accurate.”
1:02 what fueled miami’s great 30-game stretch was change in game plan to fast breaks. teams learned, adapted, and now they’re a jump shooting team
1:07 boston had 52 all-star selections on one team (garnett-allen-pierce-shaq-jermaine-rondo)
