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When she posted this on IG the other day, I was geeked watching it then like I am just now. Coach Lawson just has the "IT" factor. All of her talks to the players, if you check them out, are always on point. She just keeps dropping "mind candy" and I love it!! She is an awesome person, coach, and leader. I keep hoping that her Duke players get it together so that we can see her in a Final Four setting. I just love to hear her talk!
 
Seems like these produced videos are a thing now and are being used for recruiting purposes.

Coach arranges for videographer to film a speech to the team, the camera focuses solely on the coach (team not in the video) and then the coach or program puts the video out on social media. Saw that Tennessee did something very similar just yesterday.
 
Dogstar said:
How abt being An assistant with the Celtics? Kinda turned out pretty well for a young man who was an assistant at Virginia
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Do you really believe it was anything but a public relations hire? Do you really believe the millionaire Celtic's players, who already had real, experienced, NBA coaches, paid much attention to her?

Lawson was a ESPN talking head. ESPN has NBA contract. Lawson wanted to coach, but had no experience. Celtics hire her to give her coaching experience on her resume, and the Celtics got credit for hiring a woman and a minority.
 
Alibi Ike said:
Do you really believe it was anything but a public relations hire? Do you really believe the millionaire Celtic's players, who already had real, experienced, NBA coaches, paid much attention to her?

Lawson was a ESPN talking head. ESPN has NBA contract. Lawson wanted to coach, but had no experience. Celtics hire her to give her coaching experience on her resume, and the Celtics got credit for hiring a woman and a minority.
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Or maybe they hired her because she impressed them in the interview with her knowledge of the game and her command presence. Maybe just maybe she was what the were looking for in an assistant coach and person. To write it off because of her gender and race is just too GD easy for the narrow minded and disrespectful to her and every other women or minority. Be better. Please.
You’d be surprised how much the NBA players respect the women of basketball. Players know which former players know the game. Male or female.
 
Alibi Ike said:
Do you really believe it was anything but a public relations hire? Do you really believe the millionaire Celtic's players, who already had real, experienced, NBA coaches, paid much attention to her?

Lawson was a ESPN talking head. ESPN has NBA contract. Lawson wanted to coach, but had no experience. Celtics hire her to give her coaching experience on her resume, and the Celtics got credit for hiring a woman and a minority.
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IMHO everyone seeking to climb to the top of their profession of choice, be it man or woman, has to be an assistant or apprentice, they just wanna get their foot in the door, learning as they go along, im sure Kara being a smart woman picked up lots of experience playing under Pat Summitt and working as a analyst for ESPN, wht you may call a public relations hire I call giving a person a chance to educate themselves and be around others in their soon to be profession, imo if ur thinking was correct thn I guess Bill Russell being the winner of 11 championships, 2 as a player coach, was only an public relations hire, and if so it turned out pretty well for a black man in 1966 a time where minorities were often denied the chances given to others. Kudos to the Celtics and to Kara! And I thk tht she's a great hire for Duke. Time will tell.
 
Alibi Ike said:
Do you really believe it was anything but a public relations hire? Do you really believe the millionaire Celtic's players, who already had real, experienced, NBA coaches, paid much attention to her?

Lawson was a ESPN talking head. ESPN has NBA contract. Lawson wanted to coach, but had no experience. Celtics hire her to give her coaching experience on her resume, and the Celtics got credit for hiring a woman and a minority.
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Thank you for your interest in the Boston Celtics, Kara Lawson, ESPN Media, and the Equal Rights Amendment.
 
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Yes, Kara didn't have college coaching experience, but this is what she did have:

As a studio analyst and a game commentator, she had access to practices of any team she was covering.
She had access to the coaches of any team she was covering.
She had access to players of any team she was covering.

Talking to Tara, Vic, Jeff, Dawn, Kim, and of course, Geno. Don't you think that she has picked up any coaching tips by talking to these coaches, not to mention how they conduct their practices. She has the knowledge of the game from personal experiences as well as her dealings with the fore mentioned coaches. The only think she needed was the temperament, and the drive to succeed. WELL, HELLO, if you can't see that in her, then you are blind.

I think she has what it takes to be a good one, but only time will tell.
 
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Alibi Ike said:
Do you really believe it was anything but a public relations hire? Do you really believe the millionaire Celtic's players, who already had real, experienced, NBA coaches, paid much attention to her?

Lawson was a ESPN talking head. ESPN has NBA contract. Lawson wanted to coach, but had no experience. Celtics hire her to give her coaching experience on her resume, and the Celtics got credit for hiring a woman and a minority.
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Did you bother to look anything up or just decide to throw crap against the wall and hope it stuck?

Lawson helped USA make history in the summer of 2021 as she guided the United States 3x3 Women’s National Team to a gold medal in its Olympic debut in Tokyo. It marked her 10th overall gold medal in USA Basketball competition and seventh as a coach.

Recently, Lawson assisted USA Basketball’s 3x3 team qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games, where the squad posted an 8-1 record and won the gold medal. She has helped USA Basketball 3x3 teams to seven gold medals since 2017. With Lawson on the sideline, the USA U18 women have won four straight titles (2021 Olympics, 2017 & 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cups and 2018 Youth Olympic Games) while the U18 men captured gold at the 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup. Additionally, Lawson helped guide the USA 3x3 men’s and women’s teams to first place finishes at the 2019 Pan American Games.

Kara Lawson - Head Coach - Staff Directory - Duke University

Former WNBA and Olympic Champion Kara Lawson enters her third season as head coach of the Duke women's basketball team in 2022-23. Lawson was named the program's fifth
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