0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey on 2/3/2016
Thank you very much to those who reached out with questions on shooting and player development since the last Knock It Down blog post. It’s always great to talk basketball and share what I’ve learned working as a shooting coach the last 26 years, with 8 of those years working in the NBA. I look […]
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…
