1-ON-1 with TYRONE ELLIS from 1-ON-1 with BASKETBALL NETWORK

1-ON-1 with TYRONE ELLIS

1 hour 7 minutes Posted Feb 4, 2021 at 2:06 pm.

Basketball Beginning/growing up in Dallas

College Career NAIA Division

Meeting with Mitch Kupchak/ Playing for the Lakers

Starting the International Career

Playing against Barcelona (Navarro, Bodiroga

Difference between European (ACB, Euroleague) & NBA basketball

Problems with getting paid in Europe (Italy & Turkey)

Difference between European & NBA basketball

Toughest matchups in Europe

Quick Dejan Bodiroga story - He's a winner and gets things done'

Difference between European and American fans

Playing for Georgia National Team

 Meeting the Georgian president who was drunk at the time (ending up on a NY Times cover)

Transition to becoming a coach (Five-year plan)

Experience coaching Team USA with Jeff Van Gundy

Ellis describes his coaching style

Things he learned from Gregg Popovich to be a great coach

Secret ingredients to developing a great player

Tyrone Ellis doesn't believe in positionless basketball

Evolution of Big Men in the NBA

Getting players to buy into a coaches system (difference in black and white coaches)

Evolution of the NBA in the future

NBA's reaction to social and racial injustice

Coaching and adapting through the pandemic

Next step in his career

The most talented players he had the opportunity to coach

Quickfire questions

 Why it's impossible to stop LeBron James

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Current head coach of the G-League Stockton Kings, Tyrone Ellis, joined Will for 1-ON-1 with Basketball Network. Ty had a great career in Europe where he also played for the Georgian national team and help them reach Division A of Eurobasket.

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