Coach adam filippi

ADAM FILIPPI   CPT, PES

Player Development / Shooting Coach

The Dearborn, Michigan native grew up living between the US and Italy, he played professionally in the Italian B League. After numerous knee injuries and a playing career that never really took off, at the age of 25, he preferred to start a career in Basketball Operations. 

Over the past 27 years his job has taken him all over the world, including Africa, South America, Russia, UAE, Australia, Japan and China. Between scouting the globe and teaching fundamentals on the floor, he lives basketball 365 days a year, keeping abreast of anything and everything happening in the world of hoops. 

Adam Filippi has served as Director of Pro Scouting for the Sacramento Kings (2018-2022), after spending 7 years with the Charlotte Hornets (2011-2018) as Director of Global Scouting, and the previous 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 3 NBA championship rings. Before joining the Lakers in 2001, he was the youngest scout in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets in 1999, then founded and ran Global Vision, an international scouting service that consulted with various NBA teams and European clubs.

As a player development & shooting coach, Adam has worked with over 100 NBA and overseas professional players. In addition, he has served as a shooting consultant for various teams, coaches and agents seeking help for their players. Specializing in Shooting Technique and an elite shooter himself, in February 2011, Adam released his first instructional basketball book Shoot Like the Pros: the Road to a Successful Shooting Technique, with foreword by Jerry West, which is considered by many coaches to be the best book on the art of shooting ever written. His second book Mastering the Art of Free Throw Shooting (foreword by Hubie Brown) was released in April 2016. Adam’s books, articles and clinic videos have been adopted by Associations in Slovenia, Italy and Japan. A Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, he has conducted mini camps, workshops, and clinics in the USA, Spain, Italy, China, Ireland, Sweden, United Arab Emirates and more, to teach fundamental basketball skills to players of all ages and levels. 

Since 2023, Adam has worked as the personal coach for Portland Trail Blazers’ Deni Avdija, one of the most improved players in the NBA. He also runs AFBB (ADAM FILIPPI BASKETBALL) CAMPS & CLINICS and serves as the Player Development Coach for the NBPA’s Sanctuary Retreat in Spain.