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Mindlessness wrote: View PostWas Casey specifically said to have been the mastermind the defence for the Mavs in the '11 run? I actually don't remember anything explicitly coming out along those lines.
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DanH wrote: View PostYes, Casey was the guy who masterminded the Mavs defence. It was the big sales pitch when they hired him, and it's a theme that's been revisited in recent articles about how the current pace and space NBA is all his fault, having driven Miami to make Bosh take outside shots and fill their roster with shooters after James couldn't beat Casey's defence by himself, which snowballed into the Warriors and the current league wide trends.
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DanH wrote: View PostYes, Casey was the guy who masterminded the Mavs defence. It was the big sales pitch when they hired him, and it's a theme that's been revisited in recent articles about how the current pace and space NBA is all his fault, having driven Miami to make Bosh take outside shots and fill their roster with shooters after James couldn't beat Casey's defence by himself, which snowballed into the Warriors and the current league wide trends.
And as far as dreaming up mastermind defences, theyāre all pretty useless if you canāt hold your players accountable to consistently execute the schemes. Rick Carlisle had that unenviably task, but heās a hardass anyway.
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golden wrote: View PostThat’s a big stretch, because D’Antoni is the one who is rightfully claiming ownership of the pace and space revolution. George Karl should get a nod too.
And as far as dreaming up mastermind defences, they’re all pretty useless if you can’t hold your players accountable to consistently execute the schemes. Rick Carlisle had that unenviably task, but he’s a hardass anyway.
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To continue the rabbit trail, I think the last nail in the coffin of the offensive shift was when the Heat beat the Spurs with great ball movement. Because the recent trend there was hyperactive, overhelping defence (it's what Miami did, too), and when the Heat turned that series it was suddenly apparent that even a great defence on a high calibre team like the Spurs coached by a GOAT coach could be beat by just passing the ball in a well spaced offence with some movement and great shooters (and pick and rolls). When the ball started flying around the Miami offence and the Spurs couldn't keep up - definite eureka moment. That was more than the SSOL Suns having fun but never breaking through the 3rd round, that was a team winning the championship by beating a great defence with better offence."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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I'm really interested in a strong analytics coach, so very interested in people who have worked with Poppovich or Stevens.
Jay LarraƱaga
Darren Erman
Becky Hammond
and of course, Ettore Messina.
Erman does sound great, and I could definately even get behind a staff of Nurse, Stack and Erman... who cares which is "head" coach.
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I strongly disagree woth D'Antoni deserving any credit. His teams have always depended on a generational playmaker, not superb schemes. Much like Don Nelson's coaching tendencies going back way before D'Antoni got into the league, it's a volume offence more than pace and space.
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white men can't jump wrote: View PostI strongly disagree woth D'Antoni deserving any credit. His teams have always depended on a generational playmaker, not superb schemes. Much like Don Nelson's coaching tendencies going back way before D'Antoni got into the league, it's a volume offence more than pace and space.
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KeonClark wrote: View PostThere must be some "chicken and egg" to that though.. Nash and harden both took a huge offensive leap under dantoni
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Quirk wrote: View PostI'm really interested in a strong analytics coach, so very interested in people who have worked with Poppovich or Stevens.
Jay LarraƱaga
Darren Erman
Becky Hammond
and of course, Ettore Messina.
Erman does sound great, and I could definately even get behind a staff of Nurse, Stack and Erman... who cares which is "head" coach.
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