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The Woj Pod

Milwaukee Bucks coach Adrian Griffin

The Woj Pod

ESPN

Sports

4.6722 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Milwaukee Bucks coach Adrian Griffin joins The Woj Pod to discuss the Giannis-Lillard partnership, his long road to a head coaching job, why he reached out to Tony Dungy, and how every Adrian has to endure people yelling out the famous Rocky line thinking they're the first one to ever say it.  Finally getting a job after a dozen or so interviews over the years (1:57) Giannis’ participation in the interview process (4:42) Where were you went you heard about the Lillard deal? (8:05) Impact of his father (9:40) Getting recruiting by and playing for PJ Carlesimo (11:35) Journey as a player (15:12) Making the Celtics in 1999 (20:10) When did you first think about becoming a coach? (25:27) Still has all his notes from days as an assistant (28:45) Biggest takeaways from head coaches he’s worked for (30:13) Finding his voice as a coach/getting advice from Tony Dungy (36:11) Learning from Avery Johnson (41:17) Taking over a readymade title contender (45:40) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome in to another edition of the WogePod here in Los Angeles, where the sun is shining, just like it is back in Milwaukee.

0:12.3

There's no doubt, but Bucks are out here for a few days here during the preseason, and I am with the new head coach of the Bucks, Adrian Griffin.

0:22.1

Adrian, how are you?

0:23.0

I'm doing great. How are you, Adrian?

0:24.7

I'm great. And this is some history here. This is the first Adrian I've ever had on the pod.

0:31.4

It is a small fraternity. Small, very small. Home room when you're young and they don't know you at the school yet,

0:39.5

and they say your name, they're looking out.

0:41.0

They're expecting to see a girl, aren't they?

0:44.2

Mine was a little different because I was raising two things.

0:49.2

Well, this was when Rocky was really popular.

0:53.2

So you know where I'm going. Oh, I know where i'm going oh i know where you're going

0:55.7

you know everyone acts like they invented it it was the first time i ever heard it they always act like

1:03.6

you've never heard it right so you're adrian and it never ends right i'm 54 years old. That movie came out when I was 10.

1:13.9

And I remember walking out of the movie theater with my friends

1:16.6

and them running in circles around me, yelling it,

1:19.6

and it hasn't stopped.

1:22.0

And I had to double whamming because I'm from Kansas

1:24.6

and this is when Wizard of Oz came out.

1:29.8

So when I went away to college,

1:35.0

everyone said, you're not in Kansas anymore. You know, Joe Adrian, you're not in Kansas anymore.

1:40.3

And it's Jersey where it's they love to do the yo. I've lived in Jersey now for.

1:47.7

Absolutely. It's, it really is amazing and people mean well mean well with it, and it's funny, but like,

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