A Theory on Fan Behavior, Plus Raptors Assistant Coach Adrian Griffin

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Russillo shares his thoughts on the injuries impacting the NBA playoffs, including the latest with Joel Embiid and Anthony Davis, before weighing in on Doc Rivers defending Ben Simmons and why Knicks fans should still be happy. Then, he shares a theory on why the relationship between fans and players could be the reason for the uptick in incidents (2:15). Next, Ryen talks with one of his all-time favorite players and current Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin about his journey to the NBA, stories from coaching guys like Jimmy Butler and Russell Westbrook, and his future path to becoming a head coach (19:00). Finally, he closes it out with some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (57:00). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Adrian Griffin Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	True story.
0:04.0	A couple of days later, Lewald Dane goes down.
0:07.7	So that's the second guy in his position that goes down, right?
0:10.7	And I go back to Jimmie.
0:13.8	You play him, man.
0:15.3	You gotta be right.
0:18.3	First quarter, second quarter, third quarter, no Jimmy Butler.
0:22.4	After again, obviously he's our rate.
0:25.8	I had to spin extra time, coming him down.
0:28.8	And another guy goes down.
0:32.4	And he plays the next game.
0:35.8	And we are playing the Cleveland Cavaliers with LeBron James.
0:42.0	So it just how it works.
0:43.2	And Jimmy coached, played him.
0:45.6	Jimmy was phenomenal.
0:46.7	He did his best of job that you could do on containing LeBron James.
0:51.2	And from that moment on, he went from not playing.
0:54.8	And you know how time took it was.
0:56.3	Now he doesn't even come out the game.
0:58.2	He's playing 48 minutes again.
1:00.7	That was Adrian Griffin, who's going to join us today.
1:02.8	Raptors assistant coach and also his days coaching one
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