The NBA Playoffs and Coach Keith Dambrot

Mind the Game with LeBron James and JJ Redick

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Episode 5 of Mind the Game with LeBron James (The Los Angeles Lakers) and JJ Redick, where we talk all things NBA Playoffs and welcome in LeBron's high school coach, Keith Dambrot. Our full episodes are available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. First, we open with JJ's brief explanation of concepts like Icing, Top-Locking and Motion Offense. Then LeBron and JJ open up about the difference between regular season basketball and playoff basketball. JJ asks LeBron about his first ever playoff game with the Cavs (Cleveland Cavaliers) and his big game winner in 2009 against the Orlando Magic. Then the guys talk about the mental toll of a 7 game playoff series and JJ highlights some of his own mental mistakes in the playoffs. We also have a deep discussion about the role of luck or chance in the playoffs and talk about THE SHOT from Ray Allen in the 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs. Then we bring in LeBron's high school coach, Keith Dambrot to talk about what it was like to coach LeBron at such a young age. Keith provides wisdom for all coaches at any level about working with stars, role players and more. This is a special one so let's get to it!

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0:00.0	All right, what are we at 247?
0:03.0	247.
0:04.0	We're all good, baby.
0:06.0	How is it? How are we looking?
0:08.0	Make my mom proud?
0:10.0	Yep.
0:11.0	Yep.
0:12.0	Yep. Welcome to episode five of Mind the Game with LeBron James and J.J. Reddick brought to you by Uninterrupted and 3, 4, 2 productions.
0:35.7	Today's episode is a very special episode.
0:38.1	It's a two-part episode.
0:40.0	LeBron and I lay the groundwork for the NBA playoffs,
0:43.7	what makes them different,
0:46.0	what the experience is like as a player going through it.
0:49.9	And we are also joined by LeBron James' high school basketball coach, Coach Keith Dambrot.
0:57.6	Coach Danbrot coached for 40 years at the college and high school level.
1:03.7	He was the head coach at Central Michigan, Akron, and of course his latest stop, Duquesne,
1:09.7	where they made the NCAA tournament and won their first round game.
1:14.6	Coach Dambrot is now retiring.
1:16.7	Just a fascinating conversation we have with him.
1:20.2	Again, this show is about basketball, and we are going to cover all aspects of basketball, including college, high school, youth development,
1:29.8	FIBA, the WNBA.
1:31.9	I know we spoke at length last week about the icons in women's college basketball.
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