Interview with Former NBA Player and College Basketball Coach Rex Walters

Former West Coast Conference COY and seven year NBA veteran, and ABA Champion Rex Walters discussing life as a player, and his transition to becoming a coach. We talk about about everything from Blue Chips, playing for Hall of Fame coaches, getting into coaching and in hindsight what he'd do differently at Florida Atlantic and San Francisco. Coach Walters explains how important it is to have a "rock star" wife and the pressure his kids have faced growing up as kids of a former NBA player.   0:30 Transfer Talk 6:50 Blue Chips 13:51 Discussing playing for legendary head coaches 21:50 Assistant Coaches who coached him who went on to be head coaches and the importance of having a good staff 24:30 Life as a NBA rookie 27:15 The 76ers Years 31:00 When did he know that you wanted to be a coach? The importance of Coach Turgeon giving belief 32:33 Relationship w/ Larry Brown + Miami Heat Years + The Heat/Knicks Fight 42:22 Millions of your Miami Heat jerseys still being worn 43:10 Playing in Spain and the ABA 48:55 Life after playing, looking for a job, coaching high school, driving an hour and half each way to volunteer at a D2 for three months, landing a job at Valparaiso working for Homer Drew. 54:45 Taking a job at Florida Atlantic and eventually taking over after Matt Doherty moved on to SMU 59:40 The difficultly of leaving the players at Florida Atlantic and having regrets 103:00 Going back to Cali 109:30 Trying to get in touch with Bill Russell (USF Alum) 110:55 Coaching with the Grand Rapids Drive 116:00 Coaching in the NBA 120:00 Keeping up with the Kardashian + Wild’n Out 120:55 Going back to coach college hoops 126:35 Coaching the son of a former NBA teammate 127:50 The importance of having supportive wife and family 130:25 How Coach met Mrs. Coach & Talking about their children 134:10 Who’s the best shooter and who wins in H-O-R-S-E? 134:50 Having kids who feel the pressure of having a dad who played in the NBA 136:50 Start, Bench, Cut (Apologizes for the choppy audio) 140:11 What’s next for Coach Walters 143:43 What’s Rex’s best SVG impression? 144:44 Three guests to book on the podcast Twitter @CoachRexWalters Real Talk Basketball with Rex Walters: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-talk-basketball-with-rex-walters/id1422398100