Darrell Armstrong

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

It’s NBA Finals week and we got the longest tenured assistant coach in the league on to talk shop. Mavs’ coach Darrell Armstrong joins Q and D to break it all down. Darrell discusses his journey from undrafted to playing overseas to having a 13-year NBA career. He talks about transitioning from player to coach, what it’s been like working with Luka and Kyrie, and how much he respects J Kidd. Darrell’s story is one of a kind and now he’s in the Magic Hall of Fame and coaching in the NBA Finals — tune in!

Growing up not playing organized basketball, getting into it late in high school (6:40)
Going to Fayetteville State for football and eventually playing hoop (12:22)
Bouncing around leagues after college and going overseas (17:08)
Getting the call to sign with the Magic for their ’95 playoff run, beating MJ (21:04)
Dunk Contest, accidentally doing a layup (38:56)
Getting into coaching and joining the Mavericks staff (57:28)
Coaching Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving (59:30)
Knowing Jalen Brunson was going to be a superstar in New York (1:05:40)
Dante Exum and P.J. Washington becoming key players for the Mavs (1:13:30)

About Our Hosts:

NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.

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0:00.0	Man, first of off bro, we appreciate you coming on the show.
0:04.0	Yes sir. We had some times with you on the court.
0:07.0	I had to worry about you rather than your energy on the court.
0:10.0	So, man, you won our favorite hoopers man we glad to have you on
0:13.8	and rocking with us bro thank you appreciate being on here when you first got to
0:17.6	the lead who's the first person to bust your ass ooos I think any any go out I played against I couldn't tell you the one who always
0:27.3	gave me problems to me was Sam Kiseel I expect two points you know you you expect guys who score the basketball. Yeah, they gonna score. But the one person and for me I'm 511 and they always put me at 6 1. I'm 511.
0:42.8	So the first thing back in the day,
0:45.2	how they used to do things was post them up.
0:48.2	He's in the game, post them up.
0:50.1	So I've been posted by everybody in the league.
0:52.4	But at least they tried.
0:53.3	The only one who really gave me problems?
0:55.3	That's sound, conceal.
0:56.8	And I mean, I could play them well, could play them good.
0:59.7	Somehow, if he got a chance to see that go on a turn around jump
1:03.7	shows up like I got a hand up and I'm looking back to see if it went
1:07.5	off the rim. Womp.
1:09.5	Wap.
1:10.5	And Sam a good 6.3. 6.2 2 6 3.5 for some. Yes.
1:15.0	Yes. Yo, yo, we live on location.
1:21.0	Charlotte, North Carolina, we got a legend in the building tonight.
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