If the NBA has taught us anything over the last decade or so, it’s that if you work long and hard enough for Gregg Popovich, sooner or later you’ll be a made man.
Just ask the Atlanta Hawks’ Mike Budenholzer and the Philadelphia 76ers’ Brett Brown, the two most recent sideline skippers to have had a seat next to the San Antonio Spurs’ legendary coaching curmudgeon.
The Sacramento Kings’ Mike Malone somehow figured out a way around that whole process.
According to CBS Sacramento’s Dave Mason, Malone and Popovich met on a “Basketball Without Boarders” trip to Argentina back in 2005.
And while it may have taken Malone a few years to reach his profession’s pinnacle, he says it might not have been possible without a good vino bonding session, per Mason:
I didn't try to kiss his a-s, you know I wasn't trying to show him how much I knew about the game. I drank a lot of wine that week, and I’m not a big wine guy. At the end of the week he said ‘I don’t know if you know s--t about the game but if you ever need a job, let me know.'
Not long a ...
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Kings Coach Michael Malone Owes Job to a Week in Argentina with Gregg Popovich
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