Masters of the Game Quotes

“It’s why Doug was so resistant to the triangle: because the guard was in the corner. Doug played for a really great coach in Will Robinson. That corner was a place where the dead man went. Cazzie Russell would shoot that baseline jump shot and that would put him in jeopardy”
― Sam Smith, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Legendary Players

“Unseld on the wing to Earl. NBA television was rare in those days and surely for a team in Baltimore. So Monroe’s legend just grew as fans clamored to get a glimpse. His Bullets’ playoff matchups with the Knicks became lost classics”
― Sam Smith, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Legendary Players

“Guy Rodgers was leading the league in assists that year. Sam: With the expansion Bulls”
― Sam Smith, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Legendary Players

“Red called the meeting and confronted Bells. “Why didn’t you get up? Why weren’t you part of your team?” He said”
― Sam Smith, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Legendary Players

“Don’t see them at their most limited level; see them where they can be the best of who they are. Like Popovich with the guy he had stand in the corner”
― Sam Smith, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Legendary Players

“ran into two psychologists who were teaching this idea of transformational therapy”
― Sam Smith, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Legendary Players