Giannis Antetokounmpo on Erik Spoelstra
by Yetundejones: Giannis Antetokounmpo
"I just want to be coached hard. I'd rather you tell me the ugly truth than a beautiful lie... I'm excited to be coached by him… I'm excited to be here, and I know he's gonna get the best out of me." Giannis Antetokounmpo sharing his expectations of Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra.
Transcript (en)
I just want to be coach hard. You know, I'd rather you tell me an ugly truth than a beautiful lie. You know, I feel like the moment I'm coach hard, everybody else is going to follow. Like, I don't want to be a sugarcoat. I have a lot of people like that in my life that try to approach me and try to make me feel good. I don't need that. I need the truth. I need the right feedback. I need, you know, so I can be able to apply that to the game in life and to the game of basketball. I'm excited. I'm excited to be coached by him. I've had conversations with people that I trust about him and his approach to the game. They've told me that he's a workaholic. He doesn't leave the gym. He really loves this and he's really dedicated to his craft. He's really good at XNO. And I'm excited. I'm excited. I'm excited to be coached by him. excited to be here and I know he's going to get the best out of me. But I need him to push me and tell him the truth.
