BRING IT IN: Alvin Gentry

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry and surprise guest Amin Elhassan—who worked with Gentry on the Suns. They talked about tanking, Zion Williamson, Lonzo Ball, Jaxson Hayes, how the Pelicans’ playoff race might end, player development during quarantine, and then there were some war stories about Amare Stoudemire, Boris Diaw, Chris Paul and others. Henry even asks Alvin who his favorite Pelican is, and Alvin answers! The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * WEDNESDAY April 22, 2020 Special TrueHoop correspondent Adena Jones on what NBA families are up to during the lockdown. * TUESDAY April 21, 2020 Jade Hoye, the man who created ESPN’s TrueHoop TV and TrueHoop podcasts at ESPN. * MONDAY April 20, 2020 Jeff Asher, former CIA officer, on how bias affects perception, thinking about thinking, and job of managing our own biases in making choices. * FRIDAY April 17, 2020 Seerat Sohi on ESPN’s Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance and mental health in a pandemic. * THURSDAY April 16, 2020 Dana Smith returns to answer our new coronavirus questions. * WEDNESDAY April 15, 2020 Chad Ford tries to make Henry Abbott cry. * TUESDAY April 14, 2020 Adena Jones reports on what NBA players have been up to during the lock down. * MONDAY APRIL 13, 2020 Celtics head coach Brad Stevens talks X’s and O’s. * FRIDAY APRIL 10, 2020 Ben Aronson, on what basketball will look like in a post-COVID world. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices