VIRGINIA MEN’S BASKETBALL MONTHLY COACHES NEWSLETTER cavalier talk 2 3 4 JULY 2015 IN THIS ISSUE: NBA FINALS MVP DEFENSE COACH’S CLIPBOARD MOTIVATIONAL HANDOUT BREAKDOWN AND ARTICLE ON THE PLAY OF THE MONTH: FRENCH OPEN CHAMPION DEFENSIVE WORK OF ANDRE IGUODALA NEW ORLEANS PELICANS RUB IN THE NBA FINALS STACK STAN WAWRINKA’S TATTOO TRUSTING THE PROCESS DRILL OF THE MONTH: LESSONS FROM A BAMBOO TREE BLOCK QUICK FINISHES Justin Anderson Selected by Dallas in First Round of 2015 NBA Draft CLICK TO PLAY BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Former Virginia All- ACC Second Team, and was a finalist for “The ACC is one of the premiere basketball American Justin Anderson (Montross, Va.) the Julius Erving Small Forward Award. conferences in the country. It's a hard was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the Anderson was leading the ACC in 3-point conference and the guys that get better each first round of the 2015 NBA Draft on June shooting at 48.2 percent prior to missing the year adapt and adjust. In order to get better 25th. Anderson was the 21st overall pick of last eight games of the regular season with a stats your game has to get better. There's the draft and is the first UVa player to be broken hand and appendectomy. gotta be work put into it.” selected in the first round since Cory ! ! Alexander was selected 29th overall by San Anderson tallied a career-high 24 points as a "The coaching is phenomenal at Virginia, Antonio in 1995. freshman against Iowa and was named the Tony Bennett did a tremendous job in the ! ACC Sixth Man of the Year by the ACC years that he's been there.” Anderson is the third Virginia player media as a sophomore. He averaged 8.9 ! selected in the NBA Draft since 2012, points and 3.5 rebounds in 98 career games “It's a program built on defense first, joining Mike Scott (2012) and Joe Harris at Virginia. efficiency on offense. They play a very (2014). Both Scott and Harris were second- ! physical brand of basketball. We're a team round selections. Excerpts From Article by Jeff White, that needs to become more psychical at ! VirginiaSports.com (LINK) every position. This move gets us in that Anderson is also the eighth UVa player to be direction.” selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, Rick Carlisle praises Justin ! joining Barry Parkhill (1973), Wally Walker Anderson's defensive abilities, more Excerpts From Article by Josh Bowe, SBNation (1976), Jeff Lamp (1981), Ralph Sampson “Justin is a unique kid, a three year guy. He's (LINK) (1983), Olden Polynice (1987), Bryant Stith gotten better each year. He's very psychically (1992) and Alexander (1995). strong and he can play either the two or the ! three. We believe he has a NBA body. He's Anderson averaged career highs in points the strongest kid in the draft, positionally. ! (12.2), rebounds (4.0), 3-point shooting He's in a good position coming here. We ! (45.2%) and minutes (27.8) in 2014-15. He have to fill roster spots. We need to get ! helped lead the Cavaliers to a school-record younger.” ! tying 30 wins, ACC regular season “He makes a lot of sense for us and we need Darion Atkins will play for Spurs championship and NCAA third round to improve our defense and his shooting has in NBA summer league (LINK) appearance. Anderson was named to the gotten better this past year.” NABC All-America Third Team and All- ! JULY 2015 CAVALIER TALK TRUSTING THE PROCESS The growth cycle of the bamboo tree is a real-life lesson in perseverance. Like any plant, growth of the Chinese Bamboo Tree requires nurturing through water, fertile !soil, and sunshine. In its first year though, we see no visible signs of growth in spite of providing all of these !things. CLICK TO PLAY: DEFENSIVE BREAKDOWN In the second year (again), there is no growth above the !soil. The third, fourth year…still show no signs of anything happening. ! NBA FINALS MVP GETS IT DONE ON THE Our patience is tested, and we begin to wonder if our efforts caring for and watering the tree will ever be DEFENSIVE END rewarded. We start to doubt ourselves and question the value of our efforts. Inevitably, we contemplate quitting. The following are excerpts from CSNPhilly article, “Andre Iguodala credits Aaron McKie after ! slowing LeBron” after Game 1 of the NBA Finals (Link to article): But then finally in the fifth year – something amazing happens… ! ! …I know it's weird to say Iguodala played very good defense when LeBron James finished The Chinese Bamboo Tree grows 80 feet tall in just six weeks! the night with 44 points, but King James -- who ! is the ultimate -- was clearly slowed the most But think for a moment, does the Chinese Bamboo Tree really grow 80 feet in six weeks? Did the Chinese Bamboo when Andre was in his face. The stats seem to Tree lie dormant for four years only to grow exponentially show it. His coach recognized it as well. !in the fifth? ! Or, was the little tree growing underground, developing a "I thought he was fantastic," Warriors coach root system strong enough to support its potential for outward growth in the fifth year and beyond? Steve Kerr said of Iguodala after the win. "You ! know, Andre is one of the smartest defenders The answer is (of course) obvious. Had the tree not developed a strong unseen foundation it could not have I've ever seen. He understands angles, he sustained its life as it grew. The same principle is true for understands where everybody is on the floor. It's funny to say, when a guy gets 44 points, people. ! that the defender did a really good job, but I thought Andre did extremely well." People, who patiently toil towards worthwhile dreams and goals, building strong character while overcoming ! adversity and challenge, grow the strong internal Dre pointed to his time in Philadelphia playing with Temple University great Aaron McKie foundation to handle success. Meanwhile get-rich-quickers who was tasked with trying to slow another all-time great, Kobe Bryant in the 2001 Finals. and lottery winners usually are unable to sustain unearned sudden wealth. They haven’t become the person they need From Yahoo: !to be to support such success. ! And had the Chinese Bamboo Tree farmer dug up his little "I learned this early in my career from real vets — like, Aaron McKie was my seed every year to see if it was growing, he would have real vet, he played against Kobe [Bryant] in the Finals in 2001 with Philly," stunted the tree’s growth. In other words, the actions caused by self-doubt would’ve halted the miracle from ever Iguodala said during an NBA TV interview after the game. "He would always !taking shape and cause him to go backwards. say, 'Listen, you're not going to stop these guys. These guys are going to get You and I are the same. It takes faith to work while you their points. People come to see them play. They're going to get to the foul line. wait. It takes belief in yourself to keep going. It takes They're going to get in rhythm every single night. The key to it is making it as confidence to trust that you always get paid for how hard you work – sometimes now, often times later, always hard for them as possible, making them take tough jump shots, contest !eventually. everything and hopefully they'll miss. Success is always slower than we want but it’s worth it. The ! only questions are how bad do you want it? And how long "And, every once in a while," he said, "try to get a steal, try to get a tip. Throw are you willing to work for it? ! them off-rhythm.” Excerpt taken from the Daily Discipline Blog (LINK) ! The video link in the picture at the top of this page will take you to a video breakdown of Iguodala’s defense in the NBA Finals (LINK) HUMILITY- PASSION- UNITY- SERVANTHOOD- THANKFULNESS !2 JULY 2015 CAVALIER TALK play of the month New Orleans Pelicans Rub Stack Play CLICK TO PLAY ! !drill of the ! !month !Block Quick Finishes Teaching Points: • Hands ready for catch (clean catches) • Getting the ball from catch to glass (off the backboard) as quickly as possible before defender can block or strongly contest the shot CLICK TO PLAY • Finishing around the rim >>> THE LINKS: Recommended Reading: -Scott Skiles' players have to earn their minutes (Orlando Sentinel—LINK) Newly appointed Orlando Magic coach Scott Skiles on player development: "What you have to do is develop them. Under the umbrella of developing guys comes a bunch of different things. Accountability is one of them. You're short-changing guys if you don't think that you can challenge them and that they'll rise to a challenge." -Pro tennis star Stan Wawrinka has a really cool tattoo on his left forearm (For the Win—LINK) See Handout on the Next Page Wawrinka told the Guardian he got the tattoo in 2014 because it reflected his outlook on life, on and off the court: “I only did the tattoo last year, but I first saw the quote a long time ago. It always stayed in my mind. It’s how I see life and tennis. The meaning of the quote doesn’t change no matter how well you do.