Popovich We bring in speakers to talk to players about the negatives of social media they don't have to live every moment wondering what somebody's saying about them the more you can depend on your teammates and yourself to find your place in the world the better off you are

Sam Presti It used 'you get up there you talk about your own team' Now everyone gets up there and they talk about the officials and they discredit the other team on SGA Hes playing against 6 people Hes got 5 defenders and the 6th defender is social media

Zach Lowe on Sam Presti defending SGA by blaming social media What social media How about the coaches of half the NBA teams Hes trying to make it sound like its just these lunatics on SM and poor Shai has all these people attacking him Its people in the league head coaches on the record

Sam Presti I'm more or less made a career from listening to people much smarter than meHe lists people he learned from Steve Kerr Stephon Jackson Malik Rose Manu Ginobili Kendrick Perkins Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Sam Presti We hear all the time about things people don't like about the NBA which are inaccurate but they are narratives that exist on the alternative realityHe then continues to beautifully break down those narratives and show they aren't true Including narratives about SGA

Sam Presti isn't worried about Chet Holmgren If you go back and look at some of the greatest players of the game they all have these moments where they run into defeat or struggle That's what makes them great players is that they're able to continue to move on from that and improve

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