Rozier ended up going 16th in the first round to the Celtics and signed a three-year, $56.7 million deal with the Hornets in the summer of 2019, joining a long list of former Pitino players to make it big in the NBA. вЂњThen said, вЂCan I do it a third time?вЂ™ вЂќ вЂњDanny said he never saw a guy do it again,вЂќ Pitino recalled. One of his players, Terry Rozier, had a pre-draft workout with the Celtics, and after scoring well in it, he asked general manager Danny Ainge to do it again. A player has to take 55 different shots, all on the move. One of them is a 55-shot drill he got from his time coaching the Celtics.

He will have his players practice NBA drills that will be used at workouts. Most of the drills, though, are predicated on the motion offense Pitino runs, the kind of shots it will create. There is nonstop shooting and skill work. The guards run every pick-and-roll imaginable. For instance, big men shoot 3-pointers and handle the ball, something they wonвЂ™t necessarily do when the ball is tipped. Some of what players do in these early-morning sessions they arenвЂ™t allowed by Pitino to do in games. The skill-development workouts are broken down in three groups: guards, wings and post players. But itвЂ™s worth everything to your program.вЂќ вЂњBut I think player development has always been the key for me. вЂњAll coaches can coach, all coaches scout, all coaches prepare, all coaches recruit,вЂќ he says. They are how he has produced 29 players who were either drafted or played in the NBA during his legendary career. The morning practices are instrumental to his success, the overriding factor in his 649-273 record. His regular practices are too intense to last more than a few hours. Most coaches include skill work in regular team practices. This is hours before Iona College will practice as a team, three 42-minute skill-development sessions Pitino holds five days a week that forward Dylan van Eyck described as вЂњnonstop activity.вЂќ ItвЂ™s early November and the games wonвЂ™t begin for a few weeks, but even when they do, these workouts - Pitino calls them the playersвЂ™ time to improve - will continue. вЂњOne-two, get it off,вЂќ Pitino tells him, as he mimics a shooting motion. JeanLouis is drifting and taking too long on his release. Later, he repeatedly corrects junior Berrick JeanLouisвЂ™ jump-shooting form. вЂњYouвЂ™re shooting like youвЂ™re throwing a baseball,вЂќ Pitino says. Moments later, the Hall of Fame coach with two national championships and seven Final Four berths is getting on freshman Johan Crafoord for his free-throw shooting form. вЂњYour ass, your ass, your ass,вЂќ Rick Pitino barks out from underneath his mask, instructing his forwards to violently use their backside against the defender. Rick Pitino already has take Iona to the next level Hall of Famer not ruling out another coaching stop The college team вЂheavily pursuingвЂ™ Rick Pitino to be next coach IonaвЂ™s NCAA tourney dreams crushed after upset loss

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