The two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, in the latest episode of Duke’s “The Brotherhood Podcast,” told host Ryan Young that he binge-watched the Emmy-nominated series after he heard that his 2000 book “Leading with the Heart” appeared in the second season.
“I found out about it, I got texts from people sayin’ ‘Your book’s on “The Bear”’ and I said ‘What the hell [is] “The Bear”?’” said Krzyzewski, who added that “the bear” is his middle daughter’s nickname.
He said if the show – which is based in his hometown – keeps going, he told his agent he should make a cameo.
“Like, go and have a meal, maybe.’ It’s in my hometown, Chicago. And it’s a heck of a show,” Krzyzewski said.
The basketball icon explained that Ayo Edebiri, who plays a chef named Sydney in the series, uses his book “as a guide” to build the restaurant’s team after she receives it from her father as a gift.
The book is mentioned on a number of occasions in the season including one where a waiter thinks Sydney is a fan of the Duke Blue Devils and in a scene where Marcus – another chef played by Lionel Boyce who spots Sydney with the book – ties the coach to being part of “the greatest comeback of all time,” Sports Illustrated noted.
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