carolinajazz
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Ran across this interesting piece on today's NBA....and they specifically single out the Jazz as a fine example of pathetic coaching! Here's a highlight or two!
"The bad teams in our league are the ones who don't pass the ball well," says Kelvin Sampson, the Rockets' lead assistant. "Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side."
Jim Boylan, the Bucks' coach, wants his offense to get the ball to the "third side" of the floor — to move the ball from the left side to the right side, and then back to the left side (that "third" side) before shooting.4
"The league has gotten so different today," Boylan says. "You just have to move the ball from one side to the other against the really good defensive teams."
Smart defensive coaching has put a premium on smart offensive coaching. Several sources at all levels suggest the NBA is becoming more like the NFL — with more of an emphasis on trickery, scheming, and anticipating how teams will respond to particular actions.
Coaches with stale offenses — think Utah, Brooklyn, the Clippers — are hurting their teams, even if those teams have enough talent to produce some solid overall scoring numbers.
It has only been three years since Boozer left Utah, but from his perspective, the league in 2013 is almost unrecognizable from the one he left behind in Salt Lake City in 2010. "It's extremely different," he says. "In Utah, you were kind of on your own on defense. It was almost just one-on-one. There was no help concept. Here, there's a help concept, and it works."
Coaches and GMs are looking harder for specific skill sets that fit within this change:
• Brains. Players have to understand a five-man team scheme on defense, and, if they manage to get that down, how to react almost instantly to dozens of different variables that govern how they should react at any given moment. You have already seen teams dump players with surface talent in part because people in charge of those teams have deep concerns about that player's basketball intelligence. That's not the last you'll see of moves like that. (Does that mean we will be seeing more ball players on teams that spend more time in the film room than in the tattoo parlors?)
People running teams increasingly value above-average passing at every position, and express a deeper distaste for players — again, at any position — who are either unwilling passers or just don't show a sophisticated understanding of passing."
Well, in conclusion, when Carlos Boozer recognizes the need for change before our head coach in command does.....it's time to make a change!
https://www.grantland.com/story/_/i...trategy-forcing-coaches-rethink-their-offense
"The bad teams in our league are the ones who don't pass the ball well," says Kelvin Sampson, the Rockets' lead assistant. "Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side."
Jim Boylan, the Bucks' coach, wants his offense to get the ball to the "third side" of the floor — to move the ball from the left side to the right side, and then back to the left side (that "third" side) before shooting.4
"The league has gotten so different today," Boylan says. "You just have to move the ball from one side to the other against the really good defensive teams."
Smart defensive coaching has put a premium on smart offensive coaching. Several sources at all levels suggest the NBA is becoming more like the NFL — with more of an emphasis on trickery, scheming, and anticipating how teams will respond to particular actions.
Coaches with stale offenses — think Utah, Brooklyn, the Clippers — are hurting their teams, even if those teams have enough talent to produce some solid overall scoring numbers.
It has only been three years since Boozer left Utah, but from his perspective, the league in 2013 is almost unrecognizable from the one he left behind in Salt Lake City in 2010. "It's extremely different," he says. "In Utah, you were kind of on your own on defense. It was almost just one-on-one. There was no help concept. Here, there's a help concept, and it works."
Coaches and GMs are looking harder for specific skill sets that fit within this change:
• Brains. Players have to understand a five-man team scheme on defense, and, if they manage to get that down, how to react almost instantly to dozens of different variables that govern how they should react at any given moment. You have already seen teams dump players with surface talent in part because people in charge of those teams have deep concerns about that player's basketball intelligence. That's not the last you'll see of moves like that. (Does that mean we will be seeing more ball players on teams that spend more time in the film room than in the tattoo parlors?)
People running teams increasingly value above-average passing at every position, and express a deeper distaste for players — again, at any position — who are either unwilling passers or just don't show a sophisticated understanding of passing."
Well, in conclusion, when Carlos Boozer recognizes the need for change before our head coach in command does.....it's time to make a change!
https://www.grantland.com/story/_/i...trategy-forcing-coaches-rethink-their-offense
