Legends of the Locker Room: Ray Jackson Breaks Down Spurs Collapse, NBA Finals Coaching Mistakes & Basketball IQ Problem

About this episode

Ray Jackson discusses the NBA Finals, coaching mistakes, and the current mentality of basketball.

For “Legends of the Locker Room,” Austin LBJ alum and Michigan Wolverine Fab 5 Guard Ray Jackson joins the show to talk about the NBA Finals. Jackson shares his opinion on what happened last night. He explains what the issue is with the mentality of the current game: a love of shooting threes. He gave props to Mike Brown coaching moves. Jackson talks about the Spurs’ coaching staff's mistakes. You can hear it all here on “The Morning Kickoff Show!”

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Hardball Hardge, Mark Henry

Guest: Ray Jackson

Topics covered

• NBA Finals
• coaching mistakes
• basketball IQ
• Spurs collapse
• three-point shooting

Keywords

• NBA Finals
• Ray Jackson
• coaching mistakes
• basketball IQ
• Spurs
• three-point shooting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spurs, Austin LBJ, Michigan Wolverine

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