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Re: Contender/Pretender: Lithuania

Steve DeLong — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:04:01 -0000

The V-Set (or Horns) is a beautiful thing.

Re: Contact

Martinsilberberg — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:31:07 -0000

Write about Steve Nash in the Laker system! I'd love to read some real analysis of how that's going to work from an X's and O's standpoint.

Re: Mike Schmitz’s Draft Corner: John Henson

CorpuscleSchism — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:35:34 -0000

http://goo.gl/aDaas

Re: Time for more Collison

Josh Url — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:41:04 -0000

Great work Brett!

Re: How Derek Fisher exposed Pop

Jsgoodkind — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:12:27 -0000

pshhh...first shot he hit in forever...

he is done and a non factor.

Re: How Derek Fisher exposed Pop

Gonzalo Rodríguez — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:40:58 -0000

Knowing that the passer is far from the players involved in the pin down and having in consideration that the pin down took place in a spot below the free throw line extended, if the passer's defender presses the ball maybe Durant's defender could go thru the pin down, with RW's defender pushing to baseline. That would allow all defenders in the help side being closer to their men.

Re: How Derek Fisher exposed Pop

Shannon O'Flaherty — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:28:02 -0000

As usual a great insight into the fluid dynamics of the lovely game of b-ball. I do think the title is a little misleading- I thought the article had more to do with coaching than Derek.

Re: The Evolution of “Corner 2″

Mj23o — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:09:21 -0000

the link for the play is missing the ':' in http://....

Re: Wade wreaking havoc with ball screen play

Rajan Patel — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:40:35 -0000

There's no such thing as "wrecking havoc." It's "wreaking havoc."

/grammar nazi

Re: Wade wreaking havoc with ball screen play

Kyle — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:59:56 -0000

These are all the same coverages. Besides the show, the Indiana bigs are playing soft, while the guard gets over/under the ball screen.

Indiana does a poor job of funneling the ball handler towards their help, which allows time for the guard to recover on the play. (The Spurs are the one team that consistently does this correctly)

Re: How Atlanta’s D Fared Against Rondo

John Harris — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:57:42 -0000

Great breakdown. Especially like the attention drawn to Rondo's ability to consistently create buckets off the secondary.

Re: How Denver can get Arron Afflalo back on track

Shaun — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:09:25 -0000

Who is that Andre MIller guy? Never heard of him.

Re: How Denver can get Arron Afflalo back on track

Jimmymca — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:27:32 -0000

nice!

Re: Miami’s “Damn Near Perfect” Defense

Altonkclark — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:21:47 -0000

Great point

Re: Miami’s “Damn Near Perfect” Defense

Fgsdz — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:45:28 -0000

even if anthony made a pass to novak instead to davis, defense would be done.

Re: Miami’s “Damn Near Perfect” Defense

admin111 — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:10:32 -0000

defense could've epically collapse had carmelo made the in-line pass to chandler on both the beginning and on the switch where chandler was alone. other moves where tight, but the windows were definitely there, MIA isnt gonna get away with this with stronger teams

Re: Miami’s “Damn Near Perfect” Defense

No — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:41:08 -0000

No, that's opponent field goal percentage. Not free throw percentage.

Excellent post.

Re: Miami’s “Damn Near Perfect” Defense

JMEC Admin — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:14:13 -0000

Very good article, but is opponent free throw shooting percentage really a defensive category?

Re: A look at the Thunder’s “Corner 2″ set

JeremyahJ — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:11:26 -0000

Harden passed the ball to Durant only one time in the fourth quarter last night. He was very Westbrook like in dribbling too much and passing to third and fourth options while ignoring Durant - What's up with that?

Re: The Spurs “Weak” Action

Dodgson — Thu, 03 May 2012 06:00:45 -0000

Great breakdown, thanks.

Re: A look at the Thunder’s “Corner 2″ set

Dodgson — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:49:29 -0000

Great article, thanks for the explanations!

Re: The Spurs “Weak” Action

Andrew Seah — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:27:27 -0000

Great and insightful. Love me some Spurs.

Re: Serge Ibaka and the Art of Shot Blocking

Altonkclark — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:19:05 -0000

Great post. I like it

Re: A review of Klay Thompson’s rookie campaign

WaterBoy — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:43:21 -0000

Very good breakdown, but you forgot about his defense. He's a below average defender. He clearly has to work on his defensive game. Everyone knows the Warriors can score. They need more players willing to work on being a better individual and team defender. That's when we'll see the Warriors be a more competitive team.

Re: A review of Klay Thompson’s rookie campaign

Drdamour — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:52:58 -0000

most underrated rookie by far. he will be balling in 15 years, can't say the same for irving who relies on his speed to make things happen