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Greg Chappell

"Yeah it was crazy how  hard I worked and people tell my parents all the time that I had a crazy work ethic when it came to the sport, but I didn't see it as work, it was just something I loved to do and I was passionate about basketball"

My special guest is Shane Heal. Shane is a former great of Australian Basketball where he played at the highest level across America, Europe and Australia. In the NBA in played for the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves, represented his country at 4 Olympic Games and also led the Sydney Kings to their first NBL Championship. Away from the game he made a successful transition into coaching and media.

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You will learn plenty from Shane Heal in episode 27 of Talking with TK.

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

2:45 – The nickname the hammer

3:38 – Ice Cubes Big 3 comp

6:14 – Career reflection

7:30 – Competitiveness

9:20 – Practice on his range

10:40 – Elite Basketball Development

11:40 – Signing his first contract

14:00 – Lessons

16:00 – Boomers debut

17:25 – Andrew Gaze

19:00 – Brian Goorjian

21:10 – The Sydney Kings Championship and small ball

22:49 – The weight of expectation

26:35 – The NBA experience

29:26 – Charles Barkley, Shaq & the Dream Team

30:49 – Did Barkley ever apologise

35:30 – Coaching

36:10 – Creating culture and choosing players

37:30 – Keys to success

38:10 – Mark Price

40:18 – Daily rituals

40:55 – Favorite court to play on

41:35 – Posters on his bedroom wall growing up

42:40 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party

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