{"id":230562,"date":"2025-09-16T05:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230562\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T05:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:19:12","slug":"it-was-just-getting-spooky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230562\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It was just getting spooky\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Mavericks player development coach God Shammgod <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/07\/02\/dallas-mavericks-god-shammgod-joining-jamahl-mosleys-orlando-magic-coaching-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/07\/02\/dallas-mavericks-god-shammgod-joining-jamahl-mosleys-orlando-magic-coaching-staff\/\">agreed to join Jamahl Mosley\u2019s Orlando Magic staff as an assistant coach back in early July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">An assistant leaving an NBA franchise might not normally attract much attention, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/07\/03\/luka-doncic-kyrie-irving-jason-kidd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/07\/03\/luka-doncic-kyrie-irving-jason-kidd\/\">Shammgod had built a relationship with star players<\/a> like Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic prior to him being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/O75T5IDMTV6GQTKSQ2P5X5KELU.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant coach God Shammgod watches as the team during the Dallas Mavericks Summer League...\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Shammgod joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J4n8fQ_lxyA&amp;t=2570s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J4n8fQ_lxyA&amp;t=2570s\">the \u201cCome and Talk 2 Me\u201d podcast last week<\/a>, which is hosted by rappers Cam\u2019ron and Mase. The two artists and Shammgod share a connection in that all three have deep ties to New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Be the smartest Mavericks fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On the podcast, Shammgod opened up on his exit from Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cWhere we come from if you handle things the wrong way on the way out, things can get ugly. Things can get dark. The people that survive are the people that handle things accordingly. We might not agree, but if you handle things accordingly, we can always come back and be friends. The thing about Dallas is that it was just getting spooky,\u201d Shammgod said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The former Mavs assistant went on to defend former Maverick Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the game was the biggest and the brightest, [Luka Doncic] was never a passenger. He was always a driver. For me it\u2019s Jordan, Kobe, Luka when it comes to the \u201dit&#8221; factor,&#8221; Shammgod said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__DAHnF list-disc\"><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/09\/15\/as-the-dallas-mavericks-turn-45-who-are-the-top-45-players-in-franchise-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As the Dallas Mavericks turn 45, who are the top 45 players in franchise history? <\/a><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/09\/15\/texas-rangers-jon-daniels-luka-doncic-micah-parsons-trades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former Rangers GM Jon Daniels talks Doncic, Parsons and the emotional side of trades<\/a><\/ul>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more Mavericks coverage from <\/b><b>The Dallas Morning News <\/b><b>here<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mavericks player development coach God Shammgod agreed to join Jamahl Mosley\u2019s Orlando Magic staff as an assistant coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":230563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,3139,3365,6650,62,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-230562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-luka-doncic","12":"tag-mavericks","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115212292411918471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}