Going ISO - Nuggets Assistant Coach John Beckett

Rejecting The Screen - Talking NBA Basketball

Adam & Noah go ISO with Nuggets assistant coach John Beckett. The Eckerd College grad shares his remarkable basketball journey from a production assistant with the Inside the NBA crew and a ticket sales rep with the Atlanta Hawks all the way up to his time as an assistant coach in the NBA. He provides rare insight into this current Nuggets team with a fascinating perspective on Michael Porter Jr., Nikola Jokic, and Jamal Murray. He tells remarkable stories about how he once paid for an open tryout with the same team he's coaching now and how he dealt with angry Hawks fans who wanted their money back when he was working in their ticket sales department. He details his experience as a coach with the Delaware 87ers, having to actually "try out" to become their coach, struggling emotionally when he had the job, and a crazy tale about the worst travel day he ever had in the G League. He details all of the challenges associated with playing games in the NBA's Orlando bubble, including how to work guys out with the current restrictions, how to prepare for the unique nature of the games, and how to balance family life while being quarantined. He also discusses what Charles Barkley is really like behind the scenes, how he never even dreamed of becoming a pro coach, navigating the politics of the NBA, what goes into being a video coordinator, and how player development coaches are being undervalued in the current NBA landscape.

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Rejecting the Screen is part of the Locked On Podcast Network and is released on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thursday brings "Going ISO" where the guys conduct a longform interview. Past guests have included Vin Baker, Shawn Marion, Adam Morrison, Eddie Johnson, Dan Dickau, Rex Walters, Alaa Abdelnaby, Brendan Haywood, Anthony Morrow, Don MacLean Peter Vecsey, Kevin Willis, Ryan Hollins, Howard Beck, Kenny Anderson, Richard Jefferson, Doug Gottlieb, Robert Sacre, John Hollinger, Butch Beard, Sam Mitchell, PJ Carlesimo, Ryen Russillo and others.

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