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Brian Keefe talks being named Wizards head coach, offseason goals with Russell and Doc

By theteam980Jun 04, 2024

Brian Keefe, fresh off being named the head coach of the Washington Wizards on a permanent basis after serving as interim head during last season, joined Chris Russell and Doc Walker to talk about getting buy-in from players last year, his new job this year and what he expects and hopes the organization can accomplish this offseason as they continue a rebuild under Michael Winger and Will Dawkins.

"When I was the interim this year, the one thing I wanted to do was just pour myself into the group, into the team and do what I could do to best help serve them to be the best players they could be, and the best team they could be," Keefe told the Team 980. "That started with building relationships. And wanted to get to know these guys, who they are, what they're about off the court so we could form a bond and then create a shared standard to create an environment where we could all get better.

"And that's what we were focused on and, obviously, very thankful that we have great guys who bought into that messaging and really wanted to get better on a day-to-day basis."

Keefe said last year there was a lot of focus on the process and the ways they could dive into the "day-to-day" work – coming into practices, the film sessions, individual development work, weight room, conditioning work – could foster better results on the court and create buy-in and a positive attitude around the team.

"That's really what I was most proud of with our guys, those guys identified with that. And that's something they believed in and something that they dove into," Keefe said. "Those are the things we were talking about and the guys were really able to focus on that and I think it helped us as we were trying to build this thing without skipping any steps."

Heading into the offseason, Keefe said there are holestic goals – from nutrition to mental to body – for each player on the roster.

"Each guy has a plan that they're working on and they're delligently attacking that right now," he said. "You wanna make the playoffs, but we've gotta take advantage of the days. And stack as many good days as we possibly can so that we can get ready to go on October 1."

One of the big changes Keefe made when he took over as interim head coach was moving Jordan Poole to the bench. The reason was to give Poole the ball more to get him to be "the lead decision-maker" and Keefe said to do that, they had to change the rotation to move Poole out of the starting lineup.

"Jordan was the ultimate professional in all of that," Keefe said.

The full conversation – including a bit about the NBA Draft and the Wizards' No. 2 overall pick – can be heard on the audio player above!

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