Daily News | Former Temple star Candice Dupree ventures into a coaching career through the NBA’s assistant program
CHICAGO — Jamila Wideman watched as a prospect at the NBA draft combine moved away from the ongoing drills to shoot free throws at an unoccupied basket.“All she’s doing is rebounding and passing back to him,” said Wideman, the NBA’s senior vice president of player development. “But you saw her see what he was going through, and just that tiny shift in her own energy. As a player, it’s such a gift for somebody to do that.
The ACP includes virtual and classroom-style training sessions on film and scouting technology used at all levels, such as Synergy and SportsCode, which Dupree said has been extremely helpful. Participants also get weekly scouting-report and film-clip assignments that are critiqued by former NBA coach Butch Carter, who “will tear your [expletive] apart … but it’s good, because it helps you learn,” Dupree said.
“[I try to] not to be too preachy with them, because they already have enough pressure,” Dupree said. “But give them the information that they need to know, the stuff that we were told to coach them.” “There’s a period of mourning and grief around stepping away from the game, and at the very same time, trying to learn something new,” said Wideman, who played in the WNBA for three-plus seasons after a standout career at Stanford. “… It’s a journey that is certainly about your technical skills, but it’s a journey about you as a human being and taking a leap.
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