Mike Taylor: Lights and shadows of Polish basket (MW Podcast #49)

So I was wondering if you had to describe your coaching style, yourself as a coach, how European you are. Michał Winiarczyk, Mike Taylor, Poland, Koszuchowski Basketball Team Koszuchowski Basketball Team Names mentioned in Polish Basketball.

Wtedy byłem zaskoczony. Co muszę zrobić? Pojechałem do Olmy, w Niemczech. I tak jak mówisz, tam, gdzie zrobiłem markę, pomagając zbudowaniu organizacji Ratiopharm Ulm. Przechodziliśmy od II Ligi do I Ligi. Michał Winiarczyk, Mike Taylor, Poland, Koszuchowski Basketball Team I was just trying to put together the best, most efficient, most fun style of basketball possible.

Names mentioned in Polish Basketball Team Koszuchowski Basketball Team At that point, you know, we had brought in Drew Joyce, you know, of LeBron James. He played also in Poland later. Yes. So Drew was a great, he was our floor general. We had Romeo Travis as well. You know, Jeff Gibbs was a key for us. Sean Finn at the center. You know, it was a really fun team to be a part of and fun team to work with. Michał Winiarczyk, Mike Taylor, Poland, Koszuchowski Basketball Team Koszuchowski Basketball Team Koszuchowski Basketball Team

Wyglądało, że inwestowanie było dla nich świetne. After 2010-2011 season, my contract was not renewed in Ulm. That's when I came back to the G League and went through there. My eight years in Ulm were... I have so many wonderful memories. The organization developed and grew and they wouldn't be where they are now without that key foundation face. So obviously when I was with Poland and we had the opportunity to bring Jeremy in and then Igor was there with him, obviously we appreciate the cooperation from Ulm and having those guys be a part of

Miałeś okazję pracować z Shevin Mark, Marcin Brooks. Myślę, że był tam ktoś z doświadczenia w NBA, Chris Wright, który też grał w Gojalec. Jak się pamiętasz tego czasu? Co nauczyłeś? Michał Winiarczyk, Mike Taylor, Poland, Koszuchowski Basketball Team Koszuchowski Basketball Team My friend Will Voigt with the Bakersfield Jam. My friend Jay Laranega, who was with the Erie Bayhawks.

We made it back to Eurobasket 2013 in Selye, Slovenia. We were in the same group as Poland. Obviously for us we had the memorable upset victory when Czech beat Poland on Lubos Barton's corner three. Mój przyjaciel Paweł nie wrócił do trenera, więc wiedziałem, że nie wrócę. Byłem tam, bo mówił mi, że jestem jego gościem. Porozmawiałem z agencjami i powiedzieli mi, że chciałbym Names mentioned in Polish Basketball Team KoszKadra, Ratiopharm Ulm, Boston Celtics, China, alternate partial name, likely a player name, likely a player name.

Czy pamiętasz swoje pierwsze tygodnie? Pamiętam, że twoje pierwsze mecze były przeciwko Czechom w Wałbrzychie, a ty straciłeś to mecze. Tak, pierwsze przyjemne mecze, oczywiście, i to było łączenie z tymi ludźmi po cztery lata. You know, excuse me, I came over to Poland with my wife Alice. We did not have any kids at the time, so it was just me and Alice. We were in Warsaw, we loved the city, immediately loved it. That was a wonderful part, living in Warsaw, you know, those years, we have great memories there. And I remember, you know, obviously that first year... Wiesz, myślę, że to była jakaś czeka na widoczność od wielu zawodników. Myślę, że niektórzy zawodnicy nie chcieli być zaangażowani.

So when you look at the game... Michał Winiarczyk, Mike Taylor, Poland, Koszuchowski Basketball Team Koszuchowski Basketball Team I think it was a close game into the third quarter and they broke it open with all those great players. We felt good about ourselves. We won some games, we advanced and we put forth a good effort against the eventual champs. I enjoyed our time with Marcin. You know, I spent a lot of time around the Wizards when he was in Washington in 2015.

Eligible or able available to play and behind the scenes you know you're getting this roadblock and then there were some people in poland that were criticizing aj as not being committed and you're just shaking your head like you guys just don't know you don't understand what's going on this guy wants to be there and it played out that way Names mentioned in Polish Basketball Team Koszuchowski Podcast.

It's textbook. If you're gonna give somebody a passport, that's how you do it. You find a winning player, you find a committed guy, you find a great player and you commit to him for the long term. And we were fortunate enough to do that. And I'm telling you, other countries watched it, looked at it and said, we need to get a guy like Poland did with AJ Slaughter, who can really make an impact. I szczerze mówiąc, wiesz, oni, oni robili ich decyzję na Lorenzo Brown, tradycyjnie nie dają paszportów w Hiszpanii, ale zauważyli jego wartość i widzieli, że ten chłopak może wpływać tak jak AJ Slaughter, bo widzieli to w pierwszej ręce, kiedy wygraliśmy ich w Zaragozie. I jaki był pierwszy moment, kiedy zrozumiałeś, że Mateusz Monitka nie tylko jest zawodnikiem, ale może być liderem tej drużyny, starcem tej drużyny?

I, wiesz, dla mnie Mateusz i ja zawsze mieli specjalną połączenie, zawsze będzie specjalną połączeniem, wiesz, mamy samą urodzinę, wiesz, i dla mnie Mateusz jest, wiesz, zawsze będzie bliskim przyjacielem, zawsze będzie kimś, z którym naprawdę podobało mi się trenować i pracować z nim, i z którym mam tak dużo respektu, wiesz, jak on był, było świetne zobaczyć, jak on robił te strady, ale... I think, like many of the players in Poland, with our national team, they made big steps, you know, when they started to play internationally. This is not a knock on the Polish league, but, you know, that international competition once a week. So you play your domestic Polish League and you go play Basketball Champions League or you go play Europe Cup.

Mówię, wspomnienia dla życia. Wiem, że... Nobody thought we could do anything. It was a great accomplishment for Poland to be there, the second World Cup in history. Yes, because nobody remembers. You guys are like, alright, you guys made it, great job. Okay, what's going to happen now? And you know, our preparation was good, but we weren't winning a lot of games in preparation. You know, like we went to... I call it City X. I got so many funny stories from City X. We're in this gym. It's crazy. It's all kinds of weird stuff going on. We're playing Montenegro. We lose.

It's there. But I think it's not bigger than Polish basketball, right? Like Marcin wants good for basketball in Poland at the end of the day. This situation, you can clearly see it. Marcin supporting Adam, Adam affiliated with Marcin, and then the Federation. So now, when Lampe says, oh Mike was influenced by this, think about my circumstances. I'm trying to bring these guys together, but who am I working for? Tak więc, czy będę siedzieć tam i powiedzieć, hej Adam, wiesz, będę całkowicie wspierał Cię przeciwko mojemu szefowi, wiesz co mówię? Nie, to nie jest dobre miejsce, to nie jest dobre miejsce dla mnie.