Explain: NBA shooting coach on working w NBA pros; Podziemski form; 1-2 vs Hop | Marc Campbell pt 3
plus working with Malik Beasley in the early days
The final part of Eric Apricot's interview with Marc Campbell, an NBA analyst, shooting coach, ex-pro player, and 2009 NCAA champion. Marc shares his journey of working with his first NBA client Malik Beasley and the subsequent collaboration with the Denver Nuggets coaching staff. (Yes, Beasley is infamous for other reasons now, but he is also one of the best shooters in the world!)
He discusses the importance of individual mechanics, the competition within the NBA, and how his coaching evolved over the years. Marc also dives into the specifics of shooting mechanics, emphasizing the critical role of footwork and power loading in achieving shooting success.
00:19 Working with Malik Beasley; growing respect and cooperation with the Nuggets
02:24 Momentum in Summer League
03:01 The Matrix Moment in Memphis
04:17 Competition vs other teams and vs teammates
05:46 Improving as a mirror of accountability
06:37 An example of telling a hard truth
08:24 Brandin Podziemski and 1-2 vs Hop footwork
10:35 Epilogue: was this discussion too nerdy? (Plus Jonathan Kuminga shot form note)
Part 3. Explain: NBA shooting coach on working w NBA pros; Podziemski form; 1-2 vs Hop | Marc Campbell pt 3
Part 2. Explain: NBA shooting coach on playing vs Steph Curry in HS; why pros wash out | Marc Campbell pt 2
On playing against Stephen Curry.
Part 1. Explain: NBA shooting coach analyzes Kuminga, Podz, Hield and Steve Kerr | Marc Campbell part 1
More in-depth looks at Jonathan Kuminga, Brandin Podziemski and Buddy Hield shot forms.
For more of Marc Campbell's analysis, check out his Substack and podcast 'Low Man Help' https://lowmanhelp.substack.com and find him co-hosting on the 'All-NBA Podcast' with Tim Legler.
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[[ An interesting wrinkle with the Jonathan Kuminga situation is that he is set to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo at AfroBasket.
The competition begins August 12th.
Presumably, he'd like to have his financial future sorted before participating in those games ]]
On the issue of whether or not GSW has someone like Marc on the staff, I don't know of anyone with a "shooting coach" title. But I know different coaches are assigned to different players in a coordinated approach. GSW has been studying the Spurs model and the Spurs famously had Chip Engelland as shooting guru. So whatever GSW's system is, they are aware of the value of shooting coaches.
In any case, the kind of intense work that MC does involves high-2-figure number of summer workouts plus season-long consulting.
How many players want to use all their time off on this? Having no vacation between two exhausting seasons and having a coach break down your shot for weeks of frustrating hard work? Clearly some players do sign up for it, but I don't think a team can make them do it.
So I think if a player wants to do this, they probably want to pick their own shooting coach, and they can pay the coach themselves or I suppose the team can pay.