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Podcast: The Hoop Genius Podcast
Episode: From Costco Night Shifts to training Damian Lillard - Phil Beckner Interview
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Phil Beckner is one of the most respected player development coaches in the business, and this episode explains exactly why. He started as an unpaid director of operations at Weber State, working night shifts at Costco and refereeing men's league games for $17 a night, while coaching a freshman named Damian Lillard during the day. Twenty years later he's trained some of the best players in the NBA and built a framework that has nothing to do with jump shots.Phil breaks down how he builds resilience into players from the ground up, why so many young NBA...