technical basketball details etc

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

Harden made the conf finals a couple times

he made finals once even but his playoff numbers are bad where luka has killed it, which makes sense to me hardens game has always been a little gimmicky but luka is a flat out baller

Ant is a savage for this 😂 like Mikal ain’t standing right there 😂 https://t.co/mHWHLiC3tJ pic.twitter.com/D9ACWsVFPs

— Nathaniel Williams (@N8fromOhio) October 19, 2024

Idk, does that change things for the Knicks if Bridges can't shoot?

yeah you gotta be able to shoot

oh no

Mikal Bridges says he’s been trying to fix his jump shot for 7 years trying to get his form back to where it was at Villanova: “When I came out of college, I tweaked it a little bit. And then my 2nd year in the league, I had the hitch, and tried to build back from that.”

— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) October 19, 2024

he should just watch 44

Mikal Bridges says he’s been trying to fix his jump shot for 7 years, per @Krisplashed.

Bridges went 0-for-10 from three yesterday and is 2-for-19 in preseason.pic.twitter.com/IE1hgKNMgV

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) October 19, 2024

yeah you gotta be able to shoot

― lag∞n,

this has been the conventional wisdom for some time sure but soon i will be proposing some radical new ways to think about the sport

I know this is stupid to say but it can’t be that hard to not do that, I mean what were his coaches doing this summer

saw a knicks fan tweeting means things at bridges personal skills coach

wait, what? if you're consistently a high 30s 3pt shooter and 80+ from the line you really shouldn't be trying to totally "fix" your shot

reasonable point

and if it looks like that someone should be like hey you’re not leaving the gym until you shoot normal

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GaRY1qKWkAAgsEj?format=jpg&name=large

Lol, I think I'm finally over the Sixers trading Bridges on draft night. Time heals all wounds.

closure achieved

still thinking about him saying he’s been trying to fix his jumper for 7 years. wtf

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