0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey on 1/25/2016
One of the main reasons I wanted to launch this Knock It Down project was not only to share my philosophy as a shooting coach through the years, but also to continue to learn from the players I work with and people I interactive with around the game.
0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey on 1/20/2016
Do you have a straight shooting arm? That might be a weird question to randomly ask someone, but for basketball players the answer is actually part of the process in becoming a better shooter. But what does “straight shooting arm” mean and look like? And what are the steps to having a straight shooting arm?
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 1/6/2016
Every now and again, I’ll be catching up with those who call sports or elements of sports their job, profession, livelihood — to help give those outside of the business a better understanding of what goes on around the game. Earlier this week when I read the report about the Miami Dolphin’s signing former German […]
0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey on 12/30/2015
One time I made a huge mistake, and now I can’t help but look back and laugh about it. It was in February, 2007 during my time working for the NBA Development League as the shooting coach, where I would travel from team to team and work with players. On this particular day, I had driven from […]
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 12/21/2015
Every now and again, I’ll be catching up with those who call sports or elements of sports their job, profession, livelihood — to help give those outside of the business a better understanding of what goes on around the game. Tommy Beer hugged me one time during a New York Knicks game, but he will […]
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 12/16/2015
Every now and again, I’ll be catching up with those who call sports or elements of sports their job, profession, livelihood — to help give those outside of the business a better understanding of what goes on around the game. One of my favorite topics to talk about with athletes, particularly professional athletes, over the […]
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 12/15/2015
Every now and again, I’ll be catching up with those who call sports or elements of sports their job, profession, livelihood — to help give those outside of the business a better understanding of what goes on around the game. Back during my time writing for ESPN.com, former NFL wide receiver JJ Birden and I […]
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 12/9/2015
Every now and again, I’ll be catching up with those who call sports or elements of sports their job, profession, livelihood — to help give those outside of the business a better understanding of what goes on around the game. During my time covering the NBA in New York, New Jersey and Portland, there were […]
0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey on 12/8/2015
As a shooting coach, the language I use when working with players is an extremely important part of my coaching philosophy and as teaching tools. This vocabulary is the same regardless if I am working with youth players, college athletes, or NBA pros and is intended to match visually what the technique is I’m trying […]
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 12/7/2015
Every now and again, I’ll be catching up with those who call sports or elements of sports their job, profession, livelihood — to help give those outside of the business a better understanding of what goes on around the game. This “Around The Game” installment features, Phil Evans, former NBA Development President. In the fall […]
0 comments by Gino Pilato on 12/2/2015
Trust the system…we hear this phrase tossed around a lot in basketball circles. But how true is it in regards to players in the NBA D-League? Answer: very true.
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 12/1/2015
In the first installment of this ongoing series, “The Last 10 Drafts” is exactly that: a chance to re-examine the selections made by each NBA team since 2005 in hopes of gaining a better understanding how and why the decisions made “back then” translate to the success (or maybe not) a team experiences today.
0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey on 11/24/2015
Looking back on my experiences as a shooting coach in the NBA, there are a lot of players I have enjoyed working with from my time in Portland, Toronto and now Memphis. But there are four players in particular who I have learned a great deal from and who have helped influence my coaching philosophies these […]
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 11/19/2015
Every now and again, I’ll be catching up with those who call sports or elements of sports their job, profession, livelihood — to help give those outside of the business a better understanding of what goes on around the game…
0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey
This is the beginning of my 8th season in the NBA and it’s a huge deal to me because I’ve been able to do something I love for those 8-years at the highest level of basketball. This story of my journey ran last November with Josh Chapin from the Palladium-Item in Richmond, Indiana, and a […]
