The Deep 3 Podcast - We Guessed Which NBA Coach Said These Quotes

Episode Date: January 6, 2026

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I'm going to show you an NBA quote from a coach. And you had to guess which coach you're looking at. So see how well you know these coaches by the things you think they would say. This is funny. And these are going to go in different levels of easy, medium, hard, impossible. Okay. Easy. First up, either we win or we both die.

Oh, Joe Missoula. This has to be. Hands down. Yeah. What do you mean you win or you die? What? It's basketball. I honestly don't think that any NBA coach talks about death more than Joe Missoula.

And I think it's because he has like, he's just so. real with himself and understands where we are in this life cycle and what comes with life, death comes with life. So I think he understands that, Joe Mazzula. Of course, this is Joe Mazzula. That's an easy one. We had to start off with the name. We know who's the only crazy motherfucker who could say this.

Next up. For Medium, there's winning and then there's misery. If he's not winning, he doesn't even want to live. He's winning and then there's misery. Could this be Joe Muzula again? Maybe, has J.G. Reddick said this, maybe? wants to be Joe Mazzula? Yeah.

It could be J.J. Redding. I was saying this is all time too. It's not just current day coaches. Ah, it's all time. Okay. I was thinking maybe like maybe Pat Riley has said this. This is Pat Riley. Yeah.

Oh, wow. So he's really the crazy OG. Joe Mazzula, JJ right? They're all trying to be Pat Riley. Okay. Either you win or you die is the same thing as there's winning in this misery. Okay. We're locked in.

Yep. Yep. The OG. Next up for hard. If you live in the river, you should make friends with a crocodile. Now. What? you have to you have to think if you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile one

this is the saying that only old black southern men are going to say okay so i'm thinking again below the mason dixon line okay i'm thinking dark i'm trying to figure out which of these coaches can can dark can fit this this description i was thinking that this is a coach from like not an american just somewhere over there you think they're over there yeah if you live in the river you should make friends with a crocodile it's so insightful it's so philosophical like what like what does this have to

like now it okay I think can we agree it's not a new age coach it could be this is not a guy who has Instagram yeah could be but that is a good point when it comes to the IG talking about this is a real insight right here listen sometimes you're dealt with bad hand you got to learn to look at it don't be talking like that

so who is this I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna go old school Has to be a really good coach to talk like this Yeah Yeah you're right If you say this shit You're not successful We're not gonna talk about you

Yeah Are we What old quotes you want to go with You know but it's also kind of weird Phil Jackson This is Phil Jackson This is Phil Jackson He's the philosopher himself

Yeah Okay there we go So listen You dealt the bad hand You learned a swim in it Mm-hmm Mm-hmm Real philosophical stuff.

Next up. Impossible. I hate Steve Kerr. If he asked me anything, I tell him to go urinate in a bucket. You can quote me on that. Yo, fuck Steve Kerr and the dirt he stands on. Who has Steve Kerr like crosspath with?

I feel like this is. I don't, now, this is very cocky, but I don't feel like this is hard. Is this, is this Greg Popovich? This is Greg Popovich. Yeah.

Because nobody, talks like that and has actual smoke for actual coaches. You're only going to be this rude and disrespectful if he actually like the guy. Yeah, yeah. That was a trick question. He is great friends with Steve Kerr. That makes sense. That's why he's telling him to go fuck himself. Like, who has to be so cool with Steve Kerr that this could be said

and no one cares. No one ever gave a damn. I thought maybe you guys would forget that he comes into the great Popovich coaching tree. I thought maybe it would just slip your mind. Can never. No, man. Okay. Urinate in a bucket. Four for four, don't even carried hard. Break is a goat, man. Next one. Back to easy.

It's like shit. I don't know what to do. Darwin Ham This is Darwin Ham Dude what the fuck When he was talking about Defending Nicole Yokitch But I carry me Put them hands in their pockets

And let's ride out He said Darwin You're down three games to one What are you gonna do To stop the pick and roll In this game Shit, you tell me It's the move

I don't know Trying to find out Your guess is the good as mine That's perfectly easy There's one guy Who will be first one to let you know I don't fucking know that's darvin medium before enlightenment chop wood carry water okay i should have no idea this is

chop wood carry water before enlightenment who chopwood carry water who talks like that who who talks about is this tiggo splitter or something oh no it's no it's not tago splitter this is a zen proverb about life saying before you can reach your final destination take a step by step learn some skills along the way joe mazula is a perfect type of weird for this nope joe mazula would be like before you can enlightenment shoot people do violence it always has to be violent chop wood carry water

all his joan was really knows his pain he doesn't know shit about the zen proverbs chop wood carry water who's a coach that this has like there's like all time cool and zen yeah you do have to you have to be very cool to pull this off he's pretty cool right you're not you're not going to be a regular

mid coach this is not Nate McMillan saying this hell nah could this be this chop wood carry water let's let's think about cool guys though like cool NBA coaches it's not cool he's not cool could this be um Rick Carlisle no no Zen Proverbs I will say this was pretty easy I'm gonna be upset because I don't know who this is Mark Dagnall

I have no idea who these coaches are man bro this is Phil Jackson I didn't know we were going back to yeah we're back to Phil Jackson that's the only reason why Anybody doing Zen Proverbs has to be Phil Jackson. My bad. I can't leave this video with only one, Phil Jackson quote. I thought we were only getting one. I thought we used our Phil Jackson quote. Nope.

Next up. There's no ruin my life for a woman if I'm going to be a great basketball coach. What? No roster. Who is the voluntarily celibate basketball coach? Who? Jeff Engendee. I'm letting y'all know right now, I have no motion going on in my life.

And I don't even want it. It's not a lot. So he is not flooded over here. The fact that it is a drought. You believe him or is it like, I don't even want a girlfriend. I don't even like girls. Who's a lot? Man, there's got to be some old dude.

No coach said this in recent history. Charles Lee isn't saying this. I mean, Doug is not saying this. We know he not saying this. No, he's not saying. He said, I cannot relate. He said, I actually need this to be a great coach. It's all my writer.

She should respect, not me. You like it, I love it, man. There's no room in my life for a woman. If I'm going to be a great basketball. Who checks out like this? This one's pretty easy. I'm not going to like, well, it's not, but you'll go, oh, what I tell you? Hmm.

I think you should know. I think you just, you're capable of getting this. We need another. This is like, Stan Van. is it not a van gundy but you're not far off not a van gundy think about Stan van gundy take away the mustache

take away the hair okay who are we left with oh it's not because I know who I get what you're trying to tell me but I can't put the pieces together

I'm at loss right now this is Tom Thibito oh this is Tom I think he said this like not too long ago Timbs come on man I think he told like Zach Lowe or something It was an interview very recently

Tips come on man No yeah he needed that You got no woman and no coach no coach your job now What do you have What I know he's root for women So now he's on Bumble So Facebook dating whatever the six girls

If Tips is on Bumble That would be the craziest thing Oh what is Bumble profile The fucking championship trophy That's what it would be What Trump Oh yeah 2008

next up impossible don't play with your meat who's the anti-gooder in the league right now like who just doesn't play about me right now this all right hint off top all time or current he's currently coaching currently coaching is j jriddick hell no is not j jrredd he's not talking like this don't play with you meet

Low-key, like, I could see Mike Brown. I was what I said. It's not Mike Brown, but you're not far off. Think about that age demographic. All this is, Mike Brown is 55. I don't know what Mike Brown is. He's guessing? Nick Stewart, like, they call everybody, like, by their initials and the number.

So Tim was 67, so at the time you talk about it was TT67. And now it's MB 55. Oh, I think I have seen that. I don't know what it meant. Yeah. This is Nick Nurse? This is not Nick Nurse. nurse that's not a bad guess um

don't play with you meet joe mazoula no it's not joe mazoula oh oh i think i got i got i got it um what's the rabbit's coach name again darko it is not dark oh damn this guy looks like he could be joe mazoula's father joe mazoula's father kind of kind of light scheme

i don't know don't know don't talk like this yeah who is this i'm this is doc rivers like like it didn't be a lot of play by me at any day to a week What do you mean? I have no clue you just said.

I don't think a single word was actually spoken. That was crazy. He said this as a way to, he meant to say don't play with your food, but he went to the podium and was like, don't play with your meat. And his players let him know about it. I understand, I understand where he's coming from.

Actually, my buddy said, don't play with your meat. And then his players let him know about it. I could just feel your chest is vibrate and say that. Oh, yeah. Is anything Doc Rivers has taught you? Don't play with you meat. Don't touch that meat. Next.

up back to easy my throat guy called me and he said it's time for an evaluation who said this I remember I'm so ah there was only one person that could possibly be my throat guy called me and said oh it's Doc Rivers right the only guy with the boat guy

the only guy with notable throat in the NBA the most famous throat he actually I wouldn't be shocked if Tims had had a throw guy so you're saying he has most famous throat that we can have a throat off

it's comparable okay I think peak for peak it's comparable I don't know but like on a daily basis I think Doc Rivers is above Tibbs but when Tibbs get in when he gets rolling it's up there he's in that throat mode is it's a different guy

yeah okay medium I don't know him but I'll beat him to a pulp coach want to throw hands beat him to a pope some white coach for sure Yeah, beautiful pole is very white Okay

Well white coaches Is this like Willing to have any static You may No I said white coach I didn't even Okay

Emma would say this With like utmost seriousness Yeah Emma doesn't play around So this was said Unserious Well I don't know actually But

Emay would like He wouldn't make a joke about this So you don't If you if you If email was really about To be some middle pulp You know about it You know this is

This is one of the hardest games we've done beat him to a pulp it's crazy yeah after we got done with the last five now I'm cooked okay I'll tell you hints

it's about Jimmy Butler oh is Pat Riley not Pat Riley because he would say that Spolster not Spolster Steve Kerr

not Steve Kerr oh it's not Timitow talking about Jimmy Butler okay that makes sense I'll beat him to a pulp okay obviously joking that's funny so they're buddies

I'm sure still have a little friendly banter back and forth to this day next up hard even dating a pretty girl gets boring after a while if she if she can't guard anybody yo man these guys hate women it's crazy it's crazy no no he hates them if they can't defend the sideline out of bounds that's what he hates them even they didn't have to go to here loves she didn't have to go there okay that's crazy

If she can't guard anybody. She can't guard anybody. Who said this? She can't guard him. Obviously, a defense-minded, a defensive-minded coach. Someone who's trying to be, yes. That might be the most crazy, unintentional buzzers in my life. This is modern, right?

Yes, this is a current-day coach. Okay. I'll give you, he's current day, but he's old. Current day, but he's old. And you're right, he is a defensive coach Who's known for that as of late Modern coach Okay, so the modern

Kind of defensive-minded coaches And he looks like Jim Carrey What? Oh, is Rick Carlyle? This is Rick Carlisle. He said this? Rick Carlis said this not too long ago. What?

He said, play some defense or get out of my fucking life. Oh my God. He's real. Real. He's going to be saying a lot of crazy things for the rest of the year, man. Last one, Impossible. I want some nasty.

That's crazy. I wanted to say Shaq, but he's not a coach. It wouldn't be possible for a Shaq. We'd know. I want some nasty. I want some nasty. Who's cool to just be just trying to rile up their players? All time?

Technically. Technically. Okay. Yes, but that might throw you off. So don't think about that. Okay. He's coached in the last five years. Oh, Pop said this.

This is Greg Popovich. I want some nasty Yeah What was the context Don't worry about He wants some nasty It's all you know The team wasn't

They weren't trying hard And I guess he got it now Game Insey Went to press conference I'm trying to get some nasty If he means So many things But okay

You know exactly what it means These are the worst Nipicked quotes ever Insight of that Sometimes you're a Hall of Fame coach He just needs a nasty Straps What is wrong with you

That was a lot of you That was an accident.