Mike D'Antoni on the Evolution of Offense | Thinking Basketball #154

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[zoobiezaa]

so cool that you get to have this conversation with one of the most iconic coaches ever, literally the guy who invented the '7 seconds or less offense' that changed the nba

[saehanbang]

This is such a gem. Ben did a great job digging into one of the best minds in the NBA. Its such a shame that this doesnt have more views.

[BrothaGoneBased]

This is for the basketball history nerds. Super in depth.

[onelove]

Loved hearing Mikes prescriptive on offensive efficiency. Though his ideas may not always pan out he has undoubtedly pushed the game forward.

[willhooke]

Always excited by the Nash Suns and Harden Rockets

A bit of fortune and it nearly had worked against the lauded Golden State Warriors
🔥

[Coolchris]

This man literally revolutionized the game of basketball it is fascinating

[david.tousignant]

I love D'Antoni's approach. You don't force players into your system. You built your system around your assets.

[sophiawilliams]

crazy how Mike basically just used intuition most years and always just did what was right for what he felt highlighted his best 5 never would’ve thought his philosophy would be as simple as he made it love the insight

[blacknetsmed]

22:38 Yes, it is cultural, mainly where people weirdly treat basketball as a 1 on 1 sport. If you want to look up highlights of a particular game many times the player's highlights are packaged as a "duel" between the other star player which I always thought was a weird way too present highlights. The team is dueling, but individual players are not really "dueling".

[williamblake]

Mike look just like in Game of Zones. What a legend.

[jjopl]

Had to write this comment after 21:14, confirms everything I've felt about how superstars absorb every and ALL narratives around team success (or failure). The TEAM game aspect is highly underserved in NBA sports media. Hearing this brought up by someone of D'Antoni's status was fun - compared to normal media personality analysis.

[surenick]

"Either guy (CP3 or Steve Nash) on your team, you're going to be a hell of a coach" every legendary coach needs their Pop "draft Tim Duncan" quote.

[firejaygaming]

He is the definition of building a roster with the suns that could employ any style of play multiple injuries to key players and suspensions never won a ship but you could definitely see he left his fingerprints all on this nba that's going on right now 🤷🏾‍♂️i love the guy

[mostgeneralZ]

This video better be recommended to everyone. It was excellent and very insightful. One thing i will say is, you did interrupt him quite a bit more than expected, but with great questions.

[katinvidal]

This was probably my favorite podcast to listen to. When i saw this on spotify my ears perked up. Imagine saying this when you were making non stylized thumbnails and the podcast didnt even exist.

[Homer-OJ-Simpson]

The 2004 Suns were built for the post hand checking era. Run and gun offense. Even though they didn’t shoot as many 3’s as teams do now, their pace is now the norm.

[injusticeanywherethreatens]

Thanks for this! Are we gonna get best players of 2021-2022? Please !? Please!?

[Ycfia]

Love this ! Would love one on defense as well

[willhooke]

Boris Diaw was magnificent for the Spurs

Did well guarding LeBron too

[willhooke]

Ben we want an update of AD playing at the 5

Please 🙂