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Saw this article found it interesting, so apparently this is what a good/great coach looks like


http://www.poundingtherock.com/2014/4/7 ... nse-system

The Spurs offense is really well done but not outstanding. It stands out now because they are one of the only teams that use the entire floor and play a type of throwback offense from better days in the NBA. Nowadays, everyone is obsessed with the three to the point where it's a three or a dunk with nothing in between.

Spurs' philosophy = why settle for a good shot when you can move the ball and get a great shot instead?

Well that was a very interesting read and then I went through and read the plays article that was also related. The Spurs offense has really turned up these last few seasons and they're amazing at drafting players that can fill in or develop a specialty trait that can fall into their offensive system.

It makes too much sense. But keep in mind, Pop is the framework of this system. It's not easy coming into a new team and making something like this. It takes a couple of years and then it starts to build. I think Pop knows the offense so well that he started looking at the little things players can do over his plays and defense. I mean it's a lot easier to add that in if your players already know how to play and execute every play in the book well. It's like doing extra credit. But it takes a while until your team is that good.

imagump1313 wrote:The Spurs offense is really well done but not outstanding. It stands out now because they are one of the only teams that use the entire floor and play a type of throwback offense from better days in the NBA. Nowadays, everyone is obsessed with the three to the point where it's a three or a dunk with nothing in between.

This is what concerns me about Kawai, he's very much benefiting from being in such a structured system, which a raw player like him out of college needed. I do think he'll become a good if not great SF eventually, but i think if he gets traded to another team, his career path would be more similar to H. Barnes. thoughts?

play P&R but pass the ball to shooter whose defender brings help

Yeah, I remember reading that the Spurs have changed dramatically from a stellar defensive team to a more offensive oriented team now. This article gives validity to that claim it seems. It's amazing that they can transform and adapt even after a decade has long passed them by. Now they're more of a jumpshooting team than they have been in the past. Lots of zipper cuts and curls designed for Parker and their shooters.

You can even see a lot of their offense being run in today's teams as well. Lots of teams take a page out of the Spurs playbook. More notably, Pop's disciples, Brown and Bud extensively utilize the sets and schemes within their flow of the offense.

A true testament to Buford and Pop's structural hierarchy.

Blkbrd671 wrote:

imagump1313 wrote:The Spurs offense is really well done but not outstanding. It stands out now because they are one of the only teams that use the entire floor and play a type of throwback offense from better days in the NBA. Nowadays, everyone is obsessed with the three to the point where it's a three or a dunk with nothing in between.

This is what concerns me about Kawai, he's very much benefiting from being in such a structured system, which a raw player like him out of college needed. I do think he'll become a good if not great SF eventually, but i think if he gets traded to another team, his career path would be more similar to H. Barnes. thoughts?

Leonard will never get huge numbers in the Spurs current system. That isn't to say that he wont get a much larger role when Duncan and Ginobili retire after next year though. IMO he is much more talented than Barnes.