Seykely, Pitino and Daddy Beheim’s belts

“Whoever mixes with the bran will be eaten by the hens” says a proverb whose meaning Vangelis Angelou can bend!

I mean that because the coach of the newly enlightened Karditsa chose Jimmy Beheim from that moment onperhaps he succumbs to the temptation of the father of the so-called…

Jimmy is the second son of Syracuse’s legendary and… lifelong coach and all-time NCAA Division A coach, Jim homewhich should normally be called…Jim Zone!

The reason; There isn’t a coach in the history of basketball who has obsessed about this defense so much that it’s not only the emblem of his philosophy but also his identity.

The belt personally

The belt itself, so to speak!

I have many stitches for father’s fur and I’m not writing this maliciously, on the contrary, everyone recognizes his greatness, after all he wouldn’t have lived so long without her…

Jimmy is Tim’s second son after Buddy, for whom his father reversed his 2015 decision to retire in 2018.

A year earlier (2017) Mike Hopkins, who was in charge of his succession, left his wings and the Syracuse coach decided to remain in his thermopylae, not knowing or even thinking that he was in the 2021/22 season both would coach his sons: older Jimmy, who came out of Cornell and started out as a grad student/player, and Buddy, a year younger, who was playing his fourth season before signing with the Pistons.

Cornell, Angelo and the hybrid of Printezis

Oops, just a moment because it’s a shame to go unnoticed where the newly minted Karditsa striker studied…

He attended not just anywhere but the renowned (for its top-notch academics) Cornell, one of the eight colleges in the IVY League, along with Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Brown, Columbia and Dartmouth.

“Jimmy studied economics at one of the best universities in the world, so he can work where he wants and do whatever he wants in his professional life. That he now wants to play basketball away shows his passion, love, respect, dedication and commitment to the game.”Angelou told me, who sees a little burgeoning… Printezis in Behaim’s eldest son!

Before the danger of being hanged… Glocken, the coach of three Thessalian teams of the A1 (Trikala, Larissa, Karditsa), who has meanwhile graduated, explains what he means…

“Georgos had the talent and gift, despite being left-handed, to complete the stages just as well with his right hand. When we saw Jimmy along with Christos Marmarinos and Dionysis Angelou, he impressed us because he also attacks and completes stages from both sides. That’s what they say shows intelligence. He doesn’t do anything exceptional, but he can do anything and that certainly played a part in our selection.”.

Dad made the decision and will come to Karditsa

Jimmy Beheim had three or four offers to play professional basketball, but the final decision was made by his father, who attended a conference call with Angelou and his associates and liked the Karditsa project.

am the other He has already promised that at some point he will come to Greece to meet her up close and see his Yoka in the Basket League.

It won’t be the first time something like this happens, the trainer did us the honor 35 years ago when he coached Roni Seikeli!

Will Angelou be influenced by the presence of the greatest hierophant’s son in the zone and give in to the temptation to play space defense?

His answer is more like Sibylle…

“But also defenses on the weak side or screen changes look like a zone”.

The legend, Malkovich and the degrees of Ioannidis

Beheim’s zone defense is a basketball legend, in fact one of its variations became the talk of the town in Greek basketball 26 years ago…

On May 8, 1996, in the second final of the playoffs between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, Bozidar Malkovic used the Syracuse coach’s so-called “Slighting Zone Defense” for forty minutes, driving Giannis Ioannidis insane!

That night the Greens beat the Reds 65-63 and the “blonde”, himself a man-to-man supporter, screwed up and didn’t freeze, even drying off in front of the dressing room…

“To boil my degrees and my theories. It’s not possible, sir, for you to play me a belt and lose it. It’s not possible.”

It’s not possible, but it happened!

60 years in Syracuse and the title with Carmelo

Born on 11/17/1944 home is a native of Syracuse where he has lived since 1962 as a player, assistant coach (1969-76) to his mentor Roy Danforth and head coach for 46 seasons!

He left for two years after graduation to play with the Scranton Miners of the East Professional Basketball League and came back to bench and stay there!

Forty-six years, he says, at the helm of the bank. Shut up, it’s not even half a century!

During his long tenure on the New York State team, P home claimed to have been crowned champion once: in 2003 with Carmelo Anthony, the star of that team.

He previously missed two finals, in 1987 (with Seikely) against Bobby Knights Ivtiana with Keith Smart’s buzzer beater and in 1996 against the student of Kentucky Rick Pitino and later Panathinaikos player Tony Delk.

Szyzewski’s secret and the record holder of wins

THE home has led the Orangemen to five NCAA Final 4s (1987, 1996, 2003, 2013, 2016) and is the most successful coach in Division 1 history with a record of 998-424.

He actually has 101 other wins, but these were stripped from him in 2015 due to a sports scandal that took its toll on the school.

A survivor of the cancer that struck him in 2001, Mr home In 1986, he was on the verge of leaving his alma mater, but ultimately turned down Ohio State’s tempting offer and remained committed to Syracuse forever.

In addition, the 78-year-old coach Mike Szyzewski was partner in the United States national team at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and the 1990, 2006 and 2010 World Cups, in four of the six events the Americans faced Greece.

The Adaptation Zone, Pitino and the 17th commissioner

Like any experienced trainer home He has his own “tree” which includes Rick Pitino, who was his assistant at Syracuse for two seasons (1976-78) after making his debut in Hawaii and before moving to Boston University.

Beheim has greatly influenced Pitino’s defensive philosophy, particularly in the 2-3 adaptation zone of which David Blatt is also an ardent supporter.

If I haven’t lost any expenses and if I haven’t miscounted, Jimmy Beheim will be the 17th student of Jim Beheim (also his son in this case) who will wear the jersey of a Greek team, not counting Rony Seikeli., the one with Panathinaikos only participated in one tournament in Cyprus.

This list includes Herman Harid (Philippos Thessaloniki, 1990-91), Raphael Adison (PAOK, 1997-98), the retired Conrad McRae (PAOK, 1997-98), Lawrence Moten (Papagou, 1997-98), Jason Hart (Macedonian , 2002-03), Wendell Alexis (PAOK, 2002-03), John Wallace (Panionios, 2002-03), Elvir Ofcina of Bosnia (Olympic, 2004-05), 2003 NCAA crowned Jerry McNamara (Olympic 2006-07 , Panionios 2007–08), Hakeem Warwick (Olympics 2015–16), Dimitris Nichols (Panathinaikos, 2016–17), Brandon Trish (PAOK, 2017–18), Tyler Roberson (AEK, 2018–19), Wesley Johnson (Panathinaikos 2019–20), Andy Routins (Panathinaikos 2020-21, AEK 2021-22) and Slovak Marek Dolezai (Herakles, 2021-22).