technical basketball details etc

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

omg that defensive mistakes video had me in tears.

it’s like your uncle morty giving you a hard time about your shoes

🚨BREAKDOWN🚨

Steve Kerr added a new ATO set that takes advantage of 3 concepts:

1) Steph Curry's gravity
2) Steph Curry's screening
3) Jordan Poole's downhill explosion

Simple but brilliant play design that makes full use of the team's dynamic offensive weapons.

⬇️⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/FoyQIq0sR8

— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) November 26, 2022

luka the post god
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8wq7vUxoo

lukas a freak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17H6OaQQ5qY

good one on haliburton, its crazy how much he uses the look away or just keeps his eyes on the rim, its like he can take a snapshot and doesnt even need to look anymore

caitlin cooper wrote a whole thing on haliburtons jump passing https://www.indycornrows.com/platform/amp/2022/8/3/23285985/on-the-aerial-exploits-of-tyrese-haliburton which tyrese actually shouted out on jj redicks podcast

Very cool to hear Tyrese Haliburton give @C2_Cooper a shoutout for the jump pass article on Old Man and the Three. pic.twitter.com/VC4ucmKWH5

— Tony East (@TEastNBA) November 11, 2022

also this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSlCsBgbP-g

caitlin cooper is good af

what is this shot

This is one of the wildest shooting forms I’ve witnessed 😭💀 pic.twitter.com/nbizW4kclM

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) December 5, 2022

wild that he is a 10 year vet and shoots like that

never shouldve let him back in

coach nicks dream is coming true

I don't think we're talking enough about how Victor Wembanyama is making floater 3-pointers a thing over in France. He's made multiple of these shots this season, and it breaks my brain every time he does it. Think Luka is the only other person I've seen try this more than once? pic.twitter.com/5T3MhWjit6

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) January 3, 2023

I know this sounds dumb but if you have the requisite strength and skill etc it doesn’t seem like a bad shot at all

that's a runner not a floater imo

imo its defining trait is that its a one legged shot, which when dirk popularized it with his turnaround people were like wow only dirk what a great shooter but we come to learn its a good shot in many situations so why not from three

Still didn’t seem like a good shot cos youre moving towards the rim vs stationary up and down, adding another factor to screw up the shot. But it could be used to keep the defense off balance to set up other moves I guess

maybe a couple things that could be good about it is the big jump towards the basket is powerful making it an easier shot arms wise allowing for more touch, and also it could open up spots where a traditional jumper wouldnt work step through type moves and so forth, i dont have any idea if guys can hit it at a good enough rate to be worthwhile but i want to see them try

you see guys shoot it sometimes when they dont have time to get a normal shot end of shot clock situations etc so on some level its a thing that makes sense to do

yeah it's probably no worse than the stepback three as far as degree of difficulty; both are using some sort of movement to create space for the shot

all that action to get a contested 30 footer lol

This is a nasty half-court set from the Nuggets. Elbow action out of HORNS flowing into "Chicago" that then flows into Floppy-adjacent staggered downscreens for Bones Hyland. pic.twitter.com/MuqWricjAg

— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) January 12, 2023

guys might be seeing plays where none exist like sure players are setting off ball screens and whatnot but i dont think theyre all going horns chicago floppy, past the initial action its prob more just read and react

yeah particularly with jokic they probably are coached just to set a ton of off-ball screens and he'll find someone.

these twitter guys want to talk about basketball like it's football

otm sometimes its interesting but usually its just some dudes ballin.

ATOs are cool tho.

not sure where to post this but cam thomas has a beautiful shot. the perfect arch

Over his last three games, Cam Thomas is averaging 44.7 points on 56/56/90 shooting splits!

Pure bucket-getter. pic.twitter.com/r3YlG9UXCX

— Steph Noh (@StephNoh) February 8, 2023

its pretty def shoots an easy ball

higher arc than is usually advised but its working for him

thread of great shooters thumbing

Just bc the guide hand thumb goes w/the ball, DOES not mean it will spin sideways. Additionally, it is a “release of good tension” & imparts negligible force into ball flight

What matters? The primary force producer: The shooting fingers, wrist & forearm @bballbreakdown pic.twitter.com/UxZTAvZCy1

— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) February 13, 2023

ray allen heavy thumber

This is even MORE pronounced guide hand “tension release” with more movement than Russ as shooting side imparts force

Does the ball spin sideways? Was he consistently inaccurate? pic.twitter.com/koXKYREIE4

— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) February 13, 2023

recall a reporter asking ray allen why he didnt get more rotation on the ball since it helps it bounce back in if it hits the rim and he was like its not supposed to hit the rim lol

It's not a perfect fit for this thread, but I enjoyed this article and couldn't find a better place to post it.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35645800/inside-nba-unwritten-rule-passing-ball-seconds-left-clock

that was great and i think it's great for this thread! i was laughing at dinwiddie and dfs both being like "we're fine just hoisting if we need to"

"I know some people are worried about their percentages and trying to preserve it," McCollum said, "but I'm a guy who enjoys shooting the basketball.

lol good piece

cj!! my man.

guide hand pushing the ball into the shooting hand kinda interesting

Guide arm & hand is creating pressure of the ball into the shooting hand putting the flexors on stretch (including the finger flexors)

So much so, that the main fingers that impart force are prioritized (pinky off then back on for lateral stability at release)@bballbreakdown pic.twitter.com/eEjCRLLa7F

— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) February 12, 2023

It's a free throw bro please put down the thesaurus

— Alex Hines (@NYJetsGOAT) February 12, 2023

let bbiomechanics cook

Always a pleasure talking to Hornets head coach Steve Clifford, one of the most candid guys we have in the league.

Asked him where he sees defense going in the midst of the offensive explosion league-wide, and got a really detailed response. pic.twitter.com/dQkKx38t2P

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) March 2, 2023

yeah interesting stuff about offenses all playing the same these days and defense needing to take the initiative back. i do think there is room for defenses to improve. possibly there will be more of a focus on lineup consistency to allow for better team defense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE5VsBDoZEg

horf explains his weird shooting form, spoiler it just happened and he couldnt stop

What is @TyHaliburton22 looking for when running PnR?

He answered that on the latest episode of @dunkerspotpod

Apple: https://t.co/GenUklE8It

Spotify: https://t.co/Ny8i9uOkqD pic.twitter.com/7eV5nWwqoa

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) April 4, 2023

That was a great ep. Of the Dunker’s Spot.

would love to get hali and kd together talking technical basketball details