The US would go on to win its first of three Olympic gold medals under Krzyzewski who, at 75, is now in his 42nd and final season at Duke. Sorry about that,’” a team source told O’Connor. “Bryant just looked right at him and said, ‘I got it, Coach. The ‘disastrous’ run-in that ended Mike Krzyzewski-Bob Knight relationship When they met in a room, Krzyzewski pulled out a laptop, showed Bryant video examples of his poor judgment, and called some of his field-goal attempts “bulls–t shots,” before telling him, “There has to be more movement.” Krzyzewski had grown close to Bryant over the years and nearly left Duke in 2004 to coach him in Los Angeles. “Coach was nervous,” says one of his staffers. Coach K talks to LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony in 2012 NBAE via Getty Images Post sports columnist Ian O’Connor’s upcoming biography of Coach K The following morning, before leaving Shanghai, Krzyzewski asked the Lakers’ three-time NBA champ for a private meeting. Players can police themselves, but in this instance, as LeBron was coming out of the game, he said to Mike, ‘Yo, Coach, you’d better fix that motherf–ker,’ as he walked by.
“They know when another player is being selfish. “Everyone knew it,” one Team USA staffer says in the book. The Duke coach was trying to ensure the Americans didn’t relive their disastrous Olympic experience in Athens four years earlier under then-Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown. In an exhibition victory over Australia in Shanghai - O’Connor reports in his new book “ Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski” - Bryant took some low-percentage shots that didn’t fit the team-first culture Krzyzewski was trying to install. Olympic basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski to “fix that motherf–ker” Kobe Bryant – inspiring the Duke coach to take action - after the Lakers legend played selfishly in the leadup to the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, according to an SI.com excerpt from the new book on Krzyzewski’s career by New York Post sports columnist Ian O’Connor. The end of MLB’s lockout ushers in the joy of watching a changed gameīlue Devils must play for each other – not Mike Krzyzewskiĭuke survives Syracuse scare after Buddy Boeheim suspension Former Duke star torn on Coach K succession drama
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