In his first year on Will Hardy’s Utah Jazz staff, Jason Terry is playing a big role in developing the team’s culture, thanks to the hoops knowledge and locker-room insights gleaned from 19 years as a player in the NBA. TakeNote
“He’s a basketball junkie in the sense that he just wants to be around the game, and he loves to coach, he loves to teach, he loves to be in the gym,” said Hardy. “… He brings a ton of knowledge, he’s one of the funniest people that I’ve ever met in my life, he gives a lot of joy to our staff and to our team every day. He’s been a very integral part of our staff to this point. Very good on the court with the players. I could take 10 more minutes talking about Jet, but I’ll leave it at that.
Utah Jazz assistant coach Jason Terry and forward Lauri Markkanen talk to University of Arizona's men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd at the Red-Blue Game at the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz., on Sept. 30, 2022. Sexton, meanwhile, grew up in the Atlanta area, and so was a fan of those early-aughts teams that Terry played for. Getting personal instruction from one of them now is a bit mind-blowing to him at times.
Rookie wing Ochai Agbaji said that Terry is always on him to be more aggressive — an idea mirrored by Kelly Olynyk, who said that Terry brings a “scorer’s aggressive mentality” into the advice he gives as a coach. Sexton said Terry’s best instruction to him is about pace — when to use his natural speed, but also when to slow things down. Markkanen noted that Terry likes to give him a guard’s perspective both on how he can attack, and how he might be attacked.
“He’s seen the inside of an NBA locker room, which I think is a really important perspective to have on your staff,” Hardy said. “No matter how much coaching I do, I’ve never sat in that seat as a player in the locker room, so he adds a really great perspective to our staff in that regard.” Assistant coach Jason Terry as the Utah Jazz host the Sacramento Kings, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 20, 2023.
He could have been bitter that Hardy got the job he wanted, then offered him a position as a subordinate. Instead, he saw an opportunity to become a part of something he thought had the potential to be special.
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