Welcome to the Hardwood Hustle podcast where we know and believe in the value of a coach.

We're here to educate, empower, and encourage you to lead like never before.

In today's episode, we talk about what does it take from an environment standpoint to allow

players to be open and honest with one another.

We build it off of Jimmy Butler and the many comments by his teammates over this

playoff run that Jimmy Butler is a leader who was willing to be open and honest.

And in fact, Goren Drogrick talked about it being a rare thing in today's sports that someone is willing to be that.

Now, Jimmy has obviously showed us that sometimes that can work in your favor, but also it can sometimes go against you.

As some of his previous stops, it didn't go over well.

So what is it about the heat environment that allowed him to be able to do that and for it to actually prove to be positive?

We discussed the different dynamics of the environment and the players you're leading

that could help create that ability to be open and honest as we dig deep and discuss

and challenge you to see if your team environment is one that actually produces openness

and honesty amongst the players. So let's jump into today's topic.

So we recently saw the Miami Heat play incredibly throughout the NBA playoffs at the bubble,

had a great run through the NBA finals, obviously ran out of gas and just were out

done in that final game by the L. the LA Lakers. But I think everybody

would agree that the Miami Heat gained some respect over this time. And specifically, there's a

lot of people that changed their perspective on one player individually, and that's Jimmy Butler.

Right.

I even saw you tweet something at one point, basically alluding to the fact that you were

wrong as it related to Jimmy Butler, and I echoed those comments.

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