NBA Exclusive: Interview with Legendary Coach Tex Winter

[josifus77]

This man is a walking institution!!

[E5827]

Great interview. Where is the rest?

[hiz24airness]

hmmm --- Sent From bballbreakdown's AppRats (Facebook App)!

[kobe988]

Props to Tex Winter - HOF

Should've slipped in a Mike vs Kobe Q.

[23jamesdixon]

He's almost 90! Wow, looks about 65!

[MIKESOWELL]

Great interview.

[bballbreakdown]

@MIKESOWELL Thanks! Stay tuned for a RetroBreakdown coming up, and we're filming Reggie Jackson, the Thunder's 1st round pick this year, tomorrow!

Coach NIck

[92890javier]

Great interview! Keep them coming!

[bballbreakdown]

@92890javier Stay tuned! We're doing a mini doc on Reggie Jackson - 1st round pick of the Thunder this year. Danny Granger is up next!

[HannaBoyOD]

what was he talking about with the freethrow line with wilt chamberlain.. i didnt understand that part

[bballbreakdown]

@HannaBoyOD Wilt would literally dunk from the Free Throw line every time he had to shoot a free throw. Insane. For his career, he shot 50% from the line - if they let him, he would've dunked every time for his free throws.

[HannaBoyOD]

@bballbreakdown thanks man!!!

[Jerry3Acosta]

Congratulations of making it to the hall of fame. Tex Winter

[bballbreakdown]

@Jerry3Acosta Ridiculously overdue!!

[believeinbigsmooth11]

another great video, its good for young kids to know the origins of basketball

[bballbreakdown]

@believeinbigsmooth11 Thanks, I agree. Will do plenty more with other coaches soon!

[Xephon212]

Nice graphics on illustrating the triangle. I dont know many plays yet so its an education for me.

[bballbreakdown]

@Xephon212 Thanks - I'll do a triangle offense breakdown soon...

[Civsuccess2]

Wilt got screwed big time by Tex.

[bballbreakdown]

@Civsuccess2 LOL - I guess he did, but then again, Wilt did quite a bit of screwing.

[kileer7]

@bballbreakdown rofl. yeah, wilt is the all time leading scorer ;)

[kileer7]

3:51 INSANE!

[bballbreakdown]

@kileer7 I know, right?!!?

[jeremykoa05]

Awesome interview! What's the next RetroBreakdown going to be?!

[bballbreakdown]

@jeremykoa05 Good question - I just captured the 1969 NBA All Star Game, and the 2006 NBA Finals Game 6....

[fsc125]

I thought tex winter was sick. Has he gotten better or was this interview done while ago? Anyways, great interview coach.

[bballbreakdown]

@fsc125 He had a stroke, has trouble speaking now. This was done in 2004 or 2005 in the summer. Thanks!

[ea5t5ide21]

Coach, I understand where you're coming from but during the 70s, Kareem was bar none the best center/player in the L. Matter fact, KAJ won the MVP while avg. 26ppg/13rpg/4apg/3.2bpg on 58% shooting compared to Walton's 19ppg/15rpg/4apg/3.4bpg on 53% shooting. So no, Walton did not have the best season for a center. KAJ had about a couple of seasons of 35/17, 32/16, 30/16/5 and 30/14/4/3 that would blow anything Walton put up out of the water. I've haven't even gotten to guys like Dream and Wilt

[bballbreakdown]

@ea5t5ide21 Stats, especially from that era, don't paint an accurate enough picture. I'll have to do a breakdown showing Kareem from that era, as well as Wilt and Russell, and you'll see why Walton was better than any of them in his prime...

[ZipperZappleZ]

@bballbreakdown did you put the spin on the numbers yet? I'd be interested to see why anyone would think Walton's year or 18 months with the Blazers was better than any number of seasons from Kareem or Wilt. I'm extremely skeptical.

Now if you mean who was better in college that may be a debate (although I'd still disagree) but no player ever had a better season than Chamberlain in 1966-67. The closest is probably Chamberlain in 1967-68.

That was modern era ball and Wilt destroyed the league

[kileer7]

Thank you so much for this Coach Nick. I've been looking forward to an interview with Tex Winter ever since you mentioned the possibility.

[bballbreakdown]

@kileer7 My pleasure. Lots more coming up, so stay tuned.

[bozotheclown9]

sick intro

[bballbreakdown]

@bozotheclown9 Get ready for the T-shirt - coming soon!

[yissential]

great interview!!!



[halowafflebrains]

one of the GOAT coaches. great interview

[MrOctane3]

First

[Kinksayshi]

@MrOctane3 Nobody fucking cares

[bballbreakdown]

@Kinksayshi There's always someone who doesn't like the history of basketball. Stay tuned - lots more RetroBreakdowns and Mini Docs coming up!

[Kinksayshi]

@bballbreakdown I wasn't talking about the interview, lol. I loved it. I was talking about the person who commented about being first.