RT @SouthmooreHoops: WELCOME BACK HOME, COACH DANIEL HARPER. Once a SaberCat, always a SaberCat. Let's get to work.

CHALLENGE YOUR REALITY 🚨Why Reality Matters? Hustle > Hype The USA Grassroots Basketball Circuit Culture is built on Hype and FOMO. If Players & Parents don’t understand what really matters most then they are likely chasing the wrong realities! One’s Daily Process is the Most Important 🎯

@lucaianders2027 - SELECTED @adidas EUROCAMP 2026 Treviso, Italy | June, 5-7 17 yr-old ( 2009 ) U18 @DBB_Basketball EUROCAMP is global competition with players ages 18-22 ( 2004-2008 )

“The signature of individual greatness in a team sport is the ability to elevate others beyond their natural capabilities,” Sam Presti A winner doesn’t thrive on competition, they drive collective growth.

“The signature of individual greatness in a team sport is the ability to elevate others beyond their natural capabilities” - Sam Presti (Via @thewinningdiff1 🎥)

Golden State @Warriors Coach Steve Kerr has best the blueprint for starting to culture build at ground zero: ❓ Culture isn't a slogan it's self-awareness. Before a team can answer “Who are we?”, its leaders need to answer that question, and behave accordingly. 💒 Choose a few values worth operationalizing. When Coach Kerr was hired by Golden State he chose: -Competitiveness -Compassion -Joy - Mindfulness And then designed the environment to make them visible: Hired people who we're competitive in nature 🔥, built systems that show people they matter ❤️, planned practices that energized and infused joy 😁🎶, and paid attention to HOW the work gets done 🤔, not just whether it gets done. 🧭 Identity is a decision-making filter. When your values are clear, every hire, habit, and hard conversation can be measured against the same question: “Does this move align with who we say we are?” ✅ or 🚫 = clear direction on next step.

Stephon Castle working through the 500 drill Making 500 shots without missing 2 in a row That’s the goal 🔥

Steve Kerr was asked what makes Steph Curry different. His answer wasn't about shooting. It was about how Steph treats people. Teammates, reporters, fans, kids in the front row. Every one of them walks away feeling like the most important person in the room. The shot to be impressed by isn't the three. It's what happens before and after it. Culture isn't built in offsites. It's built in 4-second moments nobody is scoring. Charisma gets the credit. Attention is the rare skill.

WHAT MATTERS MOST: For Coaches & Players Why it Matters? “Everything Matters” ~Kobe THE PROCESS ☑️ Develop Synergistic Roster ☑️ Create Shared Vision ☑️ All Understand Roles ☑️ Organized Style of Play ☑️ Team Contribution ACCOUNTABILITY TO ☑️ Play the Right Way. ☑️ Make the Right Play. #ChallengeYourReality #BecomeTheBest #Elite24MVP

Day 1 @NBADraft Combine ‼️ @chrisanders2024 with a 40.5 vert 😅 90% off the dribble shooting 27/30

BE A PRO... Proactive 🏀 Process 🏀 Progress 🏀 Probability 🏀 Promises "Nothing is promised. You have to be an active participant in your process." - Becky Hammon 📹 @TheCoachJournal

TakeNotice: Presti just dropped the framework of an elite basketball process! #TheProcessPlaybook

“We’re not trying to repeat an outcome…we are trying to repeat a process” Sam Presti…Oklahoma Thunder GM commits to the process…in order to strive to win back-to-back NBA titles. Process: a series of actions, steps, or changes that achieve a specific result or lead to development. Yes, indeed…and I’ll add engagement to that…we want the best possible process that helps people to: -engage -develop -perform Outcomes that happen as a consequence of that magical process… But of course the challenge for all involved is to optimise that process. People engagement, player development, and high performance doesn’t happen just because you utter the word process… No sir! What we say and what we do (culture) requires tweaks and tests…tweaks and tests. Perhaps some mini-experiments daily, perhaps some minor adaptations and some major behavioural surgeries along the way. It’s an art and a science…a craft if you will. How do best engage our people…as individuals and as teammates? How do we best help our people develop and our players learn? How do we best help our players high perform consistently under pressure? And now brainstorm. Now engage with judgement and decision-making. Now implement actions and behaviours within the process with the aim of boosting engagement, development, and performance. (Video from The Winning Difference)

JJ Redick and LeBron James break down what it really means to love the game JJ Redick said, "You hear guys all the time: 'I just wanna play. I just wanna play.'" "Okay. Do you wanna do all the things that are necessary that lead up to playing the actual game?" Loving the game is easy, but loving the process is rare. Everyone loves the outcome, but very few people are willing to do what it takes consistently. LeBron James said, "The guys that say 'I just wanna play'—their career won't be long. 'Cause they're not gonna put in all the other intricate parts of what it takes to get to that point. It's not gonna last that long." The discipline when no one's watching...That's what it actually means to love the game. You only last if you love everything it takes to compete. (🎥 Mind The Game)

So I gave everything I had, not just because it was my job, but because it was a responsibility. People talk about culture in sports as something that is created through discipline, habits, and accountability. Oklahoma taught me that culture runs deeper than that. Culture is memory. It is understanding what a community has been through and choosing to honor it, not with words, but with how you show up every day. I came to Oklahoma City to play basketball, but before I played a single game, this state showed me something far more important than wins or losses. It showed me what it means to carry the weight of a place with dignity. It showed me that there are people in those arenas who have lived through the unthinkable and still choose to stand, to cheer, to believe. And it taught me that when you step onto that court in Oklahoma, you are not just playing a game. You are honoring 168 lives. You are stepping into a story that did not begin with you and will not end with you. I played 180 games for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and before every single one, I reminded myself of that responsibility. Each night, I dedicated the game to one of the 168 people who lost their lives in that attack. Every time I stepped onto the court, I carried a name with me. A life. A story that was taken too soon. And over time, I realized something I will never forget. For me, those were games. For them, there were no second chances. And if you truly understand that, then giving anything less than everything you have is not just a mistake. It is a failure to honor who they are.

“Just like anything else in coaching or teaching... you achieve what you emphasize." - Kelvin Sampson (Via @CoachDanCasey 🎥)

“Lifting has become an essential part of my game…I LIFT A LOT!” Yes…EVEN in-season “In-season it’s (lifting) very calculated…” Maxey details how he emphasizes: 1. Abductors/Adductors (hips/groin) 2. Hamstrings 3. Highlights importance of REST HOOPERS lifting is a MUST

Always been passionate about the next generation. Looking forward to working more with youth in the KC area! For individual or group session training checkout the link in bio! I also have a Spring Skills Academy that starts mid April for boys and girls 7-14 years old!

Had a great season with my brothers at Mount. Thankful to be named All Conference for the second year in a row. @msmhoops @SATexomaHoops @Coach_Hamilton @CoachDHarp22 @CoachGaryHarper

Highlights from the end of the year. @msmhoops @CoachDHarp22