Remembering Coach John Thompson Jr. from the bubble with former Georgetown Hoya Jeff Green
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Chris Miller is joined by former Wizards and Georgetown Hoya Jeff Green to celebrate the life of John Thompson Jr. who was not just as a coach or mentor to Jeff, but a friend. The two longtime friends have a great discussion about what Coach Thompson meant to both of them as a father figure and an icon in the community. You will also hear stories from Jeff about the first time he met Coach Thompson, introducing him to his wife and how much that meant to him plus how he came to develop such a strong bond with him over his time in the NBA. After the discussion the Rockets veteran gets into how life has been in the bubble for him and what it has been like to play in Houston's small ball system.
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