NBA contributor, college basketball analyst and actor Bill Herenda

Veteran NBA insider Bill Herenda takes a look at the start of the NBA season with the biggest surprises and disappointments after two weeks. Does the sample size reveal anything about any problems in Brooklyn? Herenda also touches on how social media can be fuel for motivation in the example of Steph Curry’s career-best 62-point outburst against Portland. And the need to dismiss potential online distractions in the case of the Sacramento Kings with the father of Marvin Bagley tweeting his son should be traded. Which rookies are making the biggest impact? Bill is also an actor in Los Angeles, reflecting on his breakthrough performance on S.W.A.T, motivation from a star from The Office and advice for artists in a challenging profession.

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NBA insider Bill Herenda on early season trends; Curry explosion.
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January 5, 2021

NBA insider Bill Herenda on early season trends; Curry explosion.

On the Marvin Bagley controversy in Sacramento: "I think this will blow over myself, personally. They've got to rise above it and realize it's got to be about winning; not about the scuttlebutt or family innuendo...it's unfortunate. I talk to a lot of people and they don't think that players have really changed that much but perhaps the people around them and I think this is a reflection of that. "
October 29, 2019

NBA contributor Bill Herenda on Warriors’ Struggles, New Season and Life in Hollyood

"You cannot get caught up on the results and you have to really focus on the process because there could be a variety of reasons why people get booked certain jobs and why sometimes it doesn't work out. I think it's the matter of being the best you can be and the role will find you. ...'Everyone else is taken, You have to be yourself.' I think Oscar Wilde said that and that's true because you can't get hung up on the results. You're going to have good auditions and you're going to have auditions that miss the mark and I've had those as well. It's about enjoying, staying in the moment and the results will ultimately take care of themselves.
April 7, 2019

A look at the NBA post season and life in Hollywood with Bill Herenda

"Because I have a vast amount of experience in sales as well, and I think the rejection is something you have to deal with in a very positive way. It's like you may have done a fine job but maybe you're just not the best fit. It's about the recognition of auditioning, I think it may have been Bryan Cranston I saw talk about this or Al Pacino...where they talk about,'That's your five minutes. That's your work for today. You do get to act today and it just happens to be in the audition. And to embrace that I think is very important."
February 8, 2019

Bill Herenda’s Hollywood Breatkthrough

"If you're not nervous, that's a problem...Pressure is a privilege. I think that may have been Billie Jean King. And to really understand that and get after it, it's really important. And I think there's a balance, too. Of recognizing you are enough, too. And that's what Jenna Fischer talks about in her book that sometimes you don't have to be over the top--that you are enough."