Mike Krzyzewski is so influential in basketball as a sport. It’s not limited to just one section.
It isn’t just the players he’s coached through the years — though, they’re showing up to his final game in droves. It’s not just the NBA players he’s coached through Team USA or the ones that have watched him from afar through the years. It’s not even just the coaches he’s gone up against.
It’s all of them. All of them combined.
He’s touched so many people through this sport of basketball that we all love. And for his final game, so many of them paid tribute to him in one way or another.
Here’s a look at some of the kind words from folks that have shown up through social media.
There were so many of his former players that reached out from Jay Blias to Tyus Jones and so many more.
https://twitter.com/JayBilas/status/1500172585912475649?s=20&t=ugUwYsGM_1Il2rGv0nxENw
https://twitter.com/LukeKennard5/status/1500162065075367938?s=20&t=ugUwYsGM_1Il2rGv0nxENw
Marty Clark shared this incredibly touching story about how Coach K saved his life through coaching.
https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/1499925054070697985?s=20&t=ugUwYsGM_1Il2rGv0nxENw
Definitely worth a read.
Former coaches like Dick Vitale and Digger Phelps showed love, too.
https://twitter.com/DiggerPhelps/status/1500171525235920899?s=20&t=ugUwYsGM_1Il2rGv0nxENw
https://twitter.com/DickieV/status/1499850270729252866?s=20&t=ugUwYsGM_1Il2rGv0nxENw
And so did LeBron James, who stamped Coach K as the greatest to ever do it.
https://twitter.com/DukeMBB/status/1499894337462702081?s=20&t=ugUwYsGM_1Il2rGv0nxENw
Just a number of amazing tributes for what was clearly an amazing run by an amazing coach. This is all well deserved.