Brandon Miller reminds his coach of an NBA legend.
Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford
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was an assistant on the Houston Rockets from 2003-07. It was early in Yao Ming’s career. Clifford remembers the first time Patrick Ewing, also on Jeff Van Gundy’s staff, coached him up.
Ming, the eight-time NBA All-Star, didn’t need to spend two weeks of repetitions practicing the same skills. As soon as Ewing would show him a move, Ming responded and came up with a way to implement it into his game.