technical basketball details etc

biyombo is a non-baller

the weirdest ft shooter I remember seeing was Shawn Marion, wouldn’t he kind of shove the ball with both hands semi-horizontally at the backboard?

pretty much describes his jumpshot altogether lol

huh, his release point looks like it's close to his shoulders!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu9ig4mbouo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMzIGECoaVQ

pretty funny that rick barry, one of the greatest shooters ever, shot free throws underhand

with some of those you have to feel for the teammates who had to dap them up at the line, like "um... good job?"
i've always be been a fan of nelly's weird one handed thing

iirc Rick Barry was and remains outspoken about the underhand free throw. I know I heard an interview once about how he got Wilt to do it for a game or part of a season or something and he was able to make a much higher percentage, but wilt wouldn’t stick with it bc it didn’t look cool.

It’s pretty amazing how many dudes in that video actually had dece percentages. More than one way to skin a cat!

i remember that barry/wilt anecdote too, from basketball gypsy

https://www.npr.org/2017/05/28/530504774/why-rick-and-canyon-barry-stay-true-to-the-granny-shot

In his autobiography Chamberlain said using the "granny" shot made him "look silly" and "like a sissy."

i didn't realize until recently that elena delle donne is a significantly better ft shooter than any nba player. her holding the ball out with her elbow at a 90 degree angle seems notable, but her shot looks pretty conventional.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEHbB-9JvUo

the smaller ball would help with shooting % imo

so silly they shd use the same ball

uh why

cause its the same sport

I could watch Pistol Pete Maravich demonstrate ballhandling drills to Red Auerbach all day ...

pic.twitter.com/BWWbqcVFbH

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 11, 2021

"hip mobility" is the new scouting buzzword lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Eid7669zY

marcus would be an amazing player development coach someday. he talks the game really well.

such obvious passion too

yeah i could see him really wanting to do a job like that

never been clear to me who the guys are who help the players do drills, are they on the development staff or what they tend to be young theyre not coaches theyre not ball boys

Andrew Wiggins struggling a bit at Warriors practice. 👀

(via @LetsGoWarriors, h/t @dubs4o8)pic.twitter.com/convmX6EFR

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 1, 2021

https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?GameEventID=429&GameID=0022100172&Season=2021-22&flag=1&title=Clarkson%20REBOUND%20(Off:0%20Def:1)&sct=plot

never seen this play before. the pacers used it to break the jazz zone. it's like the elevator doors play but in reverse

this is cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2T4bJh165g

Ralph Miller, the coach of the Oregon State Beaver hoops team from 1970-1989 favored a similar heavily pass-oriented offense. I think he cribbed it from Phog Allen. He hated to see his guards dribbling more than twice.

Fascinating video

that was great, thanking u

Ya watched that a couple weeks ago and been telling all my bball friends about it

NEW Breakdown: Ty Lue shows again why he is one of the best X's & O's coaches in the NBA - NASTY ATO counter! pic.twitter.com/U4MAFvOKCd

— Half Court Hoops (@HalfCourtHoops) December 7, 2021

love it

I made diagrams of 34 types of ballscreens, from Angle PnR to Wedge Roll

If you see a pick-and-roll but don't know its name so you can't look it up, try looking for it on this page and hopefully you'll find the right one

Lmk which ones I've left out!https://t.co/aBO1HPCn7T

— Bowser2Bowser (@bowser2bowser) January 21, 2022

that is excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyA_wTOzza4
Alex Caruso talks defense

i want to thank caruso for shaving his head

love that

hes really thinking about the shot clock good stuff

chasing down the origin of the shamgod https://theathletic.com/3139815/2022/02/24/the-unknown-history-of-the-shammgod-crossover-or-as-philly-calls-it-the-pooh-allen

guess nba assistant pooh allen did it on national tv when shamgod was still in high school lol

“If you know Pooh,” Rozier said, “you know he’s going around showing people that clip.”

finally track down the penn coach who taught it to pooh and

O’Hanlon said he doesn’t remember when he first did “The Reach Across.” He was always trying to come up with new moves and discovered this one on his own and never saw anyone do it before him. “I did come up with that,” he said. “I didn’t steal it from anyone.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN8vvtQ4ir8

whats going on with DSJs shot form? looks like hes fumbling it right before he releases it

Highlights from Dennis Smith Jr.’s private workout this week in Las Vegas in front of several NBA personnel. pic.twitter.com/MiidVmp0uo

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 14, 2022

it looks like he's using some wrist action to generate backspin rather than like flicking it off the fingers as one does. definitely a little weird.

looks like hes catching then adjusting so his hand is way on top and to the side of the ball then compensating for that weird placement by thumbing very intensely, good luck man

yeah some sort of pre-shot rotation. takes him so long to set it up yikes.

Former Toronto Raptors center Lucas Nogueira released these team scouting reports on John Wall and Bradley Beal from round one of the 2018 NBA Playoffs.

Why? I don't know. But cool. pic.twitter.com/qGUWz2FbwA

— Quinton Mayo (@RealQuintonMayo) July 27, 2022

i wonder how common it is for teams to include stuff like ppp and ts% in communicating with players

The Bucks have tweaked their approach to pick-and-roll defense this season and the early results are extremely promising - they're taking away all of the juiciest options and forcing teams to settle for more tough shots. https://t.co/k7gm0R1zdi pic.twitter.com/0DNjv3GYnu

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) November 11, 2022

i like those visualizations!

found these defensive mistakes videos which look at more minute details than most breakdowns positioning routes on screens etc and the guy is just bitching the whole time hes really disappointed in the players lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpDYP4Xzkjw

Love that. Luka not shaking the harden comparisons lol. That Javale signing looks crazier by the day. Do they have even a single plus defender on the roster outside of dorian?

hes like harden who shows up in the playoffs

its an odd situation

guys are always working on their shots they never totally stay the same but fixing sounds extreme especially for someone whos been a good shooter

Maybe he started training with slo mo

getting pointers from bill cartwright

knicks have some work to do

Celtics let their offensive intentions be known from the very first play. Two screens targeting Brunson and KAT. Jrue sets the first and the Knicks don’t switch. White quickly fires to Tatum who gets a screen from Al. KAT in drop providing no resistance pic.twitter.com/cv8MjhdYuz

— Nik☘️ (@__Kingnik) October 23, 2024

kat in a stance moving laterally five feet off tatum

lol what is kat doing there

being controlled by the computer

this kinda stuff is why i said i feel like thibs is really in the spotlight this year as a technician. i still think once we settle into the season the knicks will be able to outscore most of their opponents, esp teams in the east. but you can't just roll this line up out there and let the defense do its thing, the weak points are too obvious. how do they leverage their wing defenders and keep brunson and KAT away from being exploited at the point of attack? i'm sure they will come up w/ some solutions + boston stresses every defense in ways no other team really can, but i think there is prob gonna be a lot of tinkering for them to do on that side of the ball to figure out how to protect brunson and KAT

i meant tactician instead of technician

hot and fresh out the kitchen

mama rollin that ankle, got every oppo wing swishin

follow me for more hot rhymes like this straight off the dome

Dying at this trash ass form

Suns rookie Oso Ighodaro for 3. #Suns pic.twitter.com/eXCZF4o1mW

— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) November 8, 2024

wow lol that’s rough

whats the point of even practicing if youre going to shoot like that

the slight tilt down of the head right before release is what gets me the most

must have insane sidespin

Shooting coaches must be stopped.... https://t.co/ys0mNhmCjo pic.twitter.com/oWy1cBuzUD

— Mick (@DBGyt_) November 8, 2024

maybe the fucked up one is just some drill

rudy is so bad man what a disgrace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koOlBepk-C4

memphis out there playing soccer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6-NPUOHH6I

good video, really interesting, although it’s not like they’re getting the most amazing shots in those clips. it does seem like it’s great for their role players in terms of making them all threats to cut to the basket or get an open shot.

Cool video.

tatum getting in on the latest innovations https://bsky.app/profile/danielleceltics.bsky.social/post/3ll6aeqexc22x

new archetype dropped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmCd42hGQg

tough thing about about the big non shooting slashing forwards is you really need to pair them with a shooting center which is a pretty big constraint, now if the big non shooting slashing forward can just play center themselves at least some of the time thats a lot better but scotty barnes amen thompson are too small, if i was houston i would build the team around this concept tho cause i dont think amens going to learn to shoot but hes so good otherwise, unfortunately the team they have now is kinda the opposite of that

So we need more of the accompanying archetype (Channing Frye)

ya tho the thing is theyve also got to be able to defend you need brook lopez tho in the case of brook lopez giannis could easily just play full time center hes hoarding brook lopez

Yeah i was trying and failing to be funny by naming Frye, as the center who could do nothing but make 3s. Lopez is def the actual archetype there and pairing him with Giannis one of the better GM moves of recent years, akin to Denver bringing in Gordon.

it was funny cmon

lol

the big slashing forward offense would be perfect for paulo but instead the magic run exactly the opposite playing slow and having no shooters, hes been wrecking shit for the last while btw despite being on the worst team for him, free paulo

rockets are rebounding 47% of their misses when steven adams is on the floor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=penVYQvjOxI

form on lukas half court shot is crazy he just leans a little bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lMFHiLzE50

mitchell skip wizard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMx_nYMSspk

great video