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Re: Bulls Meltdown in Game 6: Amnesty Carlos Boozer

bballbreakdown — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:59:49 -0000

I'm not obsessive about his shooting form - in fact, I feel like I hardly mention it compared to how much I point out his awful defense, and finishing at the rim. I do want to make sure other people don't pattern their form after him, though - there is a point where it's too much arc and lowers the consistency of the shot. And please understand this: Dirk's shot is NOWHERE NEAR similar to Boozer's. Boozer flings it from behind his head - which Dirk shoots it from over his head with a completely different motion that uses mostly wrist. Boozer's motion gets his arms involved. So please don't make me barf by putting Boozer and Dirk in the same sentence... thx

Re: Bulls Meltdown in Game 6: Amnesty Carlos Boozer

Alexjubelin — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:44:47 -0000

Sure. (though I doubt that you know enough to compare their training) My point is that this has nothing to do with the form or the arc of Boozer's shot, which is one of Nick's tantra when it comes to anything the Bulls do bad (i.e. anything about Boozer).
If you think he sucks, I don't fully agree but fine. But it has barely anything to do with his form. Hell, if he's been playing at this level for so many years, I would say that his shooting is fine, and it's more about basketball I.Q and compatibility with the rest of the team.

Re: Bulls Meltdown in Game 6: Amnesty Carlos Boozer

All day — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:14:32 -0000

Dirk obsessively works on his shooting. Boozer doesn't, and it shows. How's that for an explanation?

Re: Bulls Meltdown in Game 6: Amnesty Carlos Boozer

Alexjubelin — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:00:16 -0000

Man, we get it that Boozer is not exactly the type of player you enjoy watching play. He is indeed very inconsistent (a problem considering his salary), and I even agree that he doesn't fit very well with the Bulls' identity.
Where I think that you are being really silly is with your obsession about Boozer's shooting form (in this post, but not only, because you very often go back to that point). It is incredibly incoherent to bash his gesture, and in the same time to be amazed by the beauty of Nowitzki's (as is everybody, for that matter), since they are very much alike : ball behind the head, huge arc, often off balance. The only true difference is that Nowitzki is a couple inches taller, and therefore didn't need to develop as many fakes in the post as Boozer (which he does pretty successfully). The other difference is obviously that the big German is a much more accurate shooter, and has more range. Still, the form is not at stake here, since both have pretty much the same (a rather nice one, if you ask me).

Re: Bulls Meltdown in Game 6: Amnesty Carlos Boozer

All day — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:48:59 -0000

I hear you, Coach. Popcorn Muscles has been a disappointment during his entire playoffs career. A team as superb as the Bulls don't deserve Boozer and his $13.5 million dollars.

Re: Just When You Forget About The Spurs, They Win A Championship

Rodney De La Cruz — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:44:38 -0000

Coach, in your opinion how much is this the old Doug Moe Motion Offense?

Re: Just When You Forget About The Spurs, They Win A Championship

Bplee75 — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:37:05 -0000

They match up star for star but where they greatly outshine the heat is in coaching.

Re: 1980 NBA Finals Game 6: Magic Johnson Starts At Center

Janai776 — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:26:15 -0000

More history of basketball vids please coach please!

Re: How Carmelo Anthony Can Save The Knicks vs Heat

campcamp — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:13:38 -0000

why can't they change it up to d'antoni ball to keep the heat honest? This is just 1000 variations of getting one guy open. It's almost like woodson doesn't trust the rest of the Knicks to score. bah.

Re: 2012 Grizzlies-Clippers Playoff Series Preview

Janai7676 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:18:32 -0000

Nice breakdown by these two!

Re: 2012 Thunder-Mavericks Playoff Series Preview

Janai7676 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:06:25 -0000

meh. found the OKC guy to not have great insight into his team. OKC not quick enough to defend the perimeter? They have plenty of quickness and athleticism on the perimeter what they don't do well is help D and don't position themselves well. OKC is almost always out of position on D and let players get to the paint or catch balls under the basket then rely on their athleticism for the block but it's fools gold because you should never come to that in the first place!

Re: 2012 Lakers- Nuggets Playoff Series Preview

B_P — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:26:51 -0000

"The Lakers usually make things more difficult than they should be, so don’t expect this series to end quickly."

So, so very (and sadly) true.

Re: 2012 Grizzlies-Clippers Playoff Series Preview

Albert Lew — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:02:40 -0000

You're new around here, aren't you?

Hint: check out the other posts. :)

Re: 2012 Grizzlies-Clippers Playoff Series Preview

Basketballfan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:10:42 -0000

You should do videos with basketball plays in them instead of these, the ones with basketball are more fun to watch

Re: LAL OKC Tweets

Albert Lew — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:02:55 -0000

Think that has been pretty locked up for a while now. Maybe since last week perhaps.

Re: Why Michael Jordan Was Better Than Kobe Bryant

Ignarus — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:15:21 -0000

Back when Kobe won his MVP, he and Lebron had more in common with each other with respect to how they got their shots than either guy did with MJ. I know Kobe and Lebron deal with more sophisticated offenses today that make it easier to focus the efforts of 5 to shut down the 1 and how double and triple teaming before the catch made it so Kobe couldn't post up as close to the bucket as MJ habitually did.

But it's becoming more and more clear that the ridiculous success of those Bulls teams was due to a lot more things than what's immediately apparent to casual fans - MJ's individual dominance. Yeah, Rodman and Pipper were underrated, but that's not what I mean. With so much of his legend built on talk about his personality, you know, stuff that's easy to write stories about, I suspect there's a whole lot of untapped knowledge to digest from focusing on what the MJ/Pippen Bulls actually DID that was so successful beyond all the tired cliches.

The more I look at it, the more I think the Heat have a really good squad to run a pile of triangle offense. It seems basically like a more sophisticated iteration of what they've tried to install this year with spacing, cutting, less PnR dependence, and better ball movement. Honestly, the MJ plays you showed looked a lot like what Wade does well off the ball and the Kobe stuff looked like what happens at the end of three broken plays or a clock-control situation.

What, if anything, stands between the Heat's current roster and a squad that could be devastating in triangle sets? If there was ever an offense that fits what we know about Lebron's personality, it's one where everybody gets to be an effective part.

Re: Heat vs. Knicks: LeBron Should Be Concerned

WillyWerner — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:53:38 -0000

I must say that looking at Bosh's problem, when you talk about left or right block, is that Bosh will use his "quickness" (certainly he's lighter than Chandler) to get his shot off, knowing he's not very strong. So left block, he'll settle for 1-dribble fade pull-up (1:17 on the video) or hop shots as he'll enter the paint on the jump then shoot it. He's not very good at it, but on the right block he shoots fadeaways easily cause his balance is great when using his right leg as set. And guess what? He's ranked very good on that area. So the problem is his balance (and the plays set by Spoelstra) so he should better his balance or gain weight so he can pound the ball inside more.

Re: Heat vs. Knicks: LeBron Should Be Concerned

bballbreakdown — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:38:36 -0000

No question LeBron's post game has been vital to the Heat's success and dominance. He needs to get back to doing it more, and they need to cross screen for him more to get him open down low...

Re: Heat vs. Knicks: LeBron Should Be Concerned

coach — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:01:05 -0000

I also reckon that european basketball is more developed in this sense.What do you think about this Nick?

Re: Heat vs. Knicks: LeBron Should Be Concerned

Ignarus — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:42:09 -0000

I expect that Lebron will post up more frequently down low as he continues to develop his hook shots, but I still don't think he's going to be posting up big men like this a whole lot.

The biggest thing for Lebron's post game (IMHO) might not be getting closer to the bucket as much as just executing it all faster without giving the D as much time to set up or letting his man figure out his options.

Posting and getting off a baseline turnaround has been significantly more reliable than trying to drive and pulling up from the same spot. Not even Iggy can consistently mess with him on the new go-to move.

This didn't get much mention, but I've been impressed that he's added a floater to his arsenal that simply wasn't there last year. Now he doesn't risk barrelling into defenders who are trying to take charges as much, which was something that limited his ability to drive sometimes.

Re: Heat vs. Knicks: LeBron Should Be Concerned

bballbreakdown — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:16:06 -0000

Unfortunately, not many college programs ingrain those concepts either.

Re: Heat vs. Knicks: LeBron Should Be Concerned

coach — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:50:08 -0000

Most NBA players dont have a really good concept of defensive weak side help and neither how to box out in some cases,neither how to overplay,neither how to defend a P&R.I think its quite a pitty that in players with so much talent those tactical things arent so well dominated.

Re: Heat vs. Knicks: LeBron Should Be Concerned

Howiy20h2345 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:10:02 -0000

I think part of it is because the heat won't be able to go to low post in the paint since Bosh can't play physical and doesnt have a strong post up move other than face up jumper. For some reason I dont see lebron posting up deeper as much, he kinda goes back to driving in. and d-wade is too short in low post when help-D come. I believe Bosh shud work on his inside game more rather settle jumper on the outside

Re: Bulls v. Thunder AND Heat v. Celtics: Why the 3rd Quarter Is Key

padraic locke — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:10:25 -0000

Coach Right now can you predict you will win the finals,what is your pick!

Re: Spurs at Thunder: Russell Westbrook Will Never Be Sam Malone

Fishmanshhh — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:47:16 -0000

we are in complete agreement (twitter @fishmanshhh). i actually wrote about scoring point guards back in january http://www.keeperofthecourt.co...