#154: Mike D'Antoni on the evolution of offense
Thinking Basketball
Thinking Basketball
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🗓️ 28 October 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Coach Mike D'Antoni stops by to discuss the origins of Pace and Space, the offensive revolution that has changed NBA strategy in the last decade. We discuss his influences in Italy and the ABA, his time in Phoenix with Steve Nash, the Rockets with James Harden and Chris Paul, and more. Support at www.patreon.com/thinkingbasketball
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:01.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:02.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:03.0 | Thinking Basketball Podcast, my name is Ben. |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome back to another episode and today we have a very special guest the one and |
| 0:16.9 | only maybe the brain I've been dying to pick the most after going through |
| 0:21.7 | NBA history for so many years. |
| 0:24.0 | He is, I mean, how many descriptors can we come up with other than legendary coach, |
| 0:29.4 | Mike Dantoni, Mike, thanks so much for joining. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm glad to be here, thanks for having me. |
| 0:35.0 | So I have about a million questions I want to get to you. |
| 0:39.0 | I want to get to you. |
| 0:40.0 | Just go back and forth between those two answers. |
| 0:44.0 | So, there you go. |
| 0:46.0 | So, one thing I've noticed studying League history is I have this rule in my head of like 10 three-point shots. |
| 0:54.4 | Is it possible to get a new team to take more than 10 three-point shots a game? |
| 1:02.2 | Let me say why I've sort of seen this rule. When the league jumped |
| 1:07.4 | lines in 1994 to 1995 when the NBA shortened the line. The biggest team jump was like nine |
| 1:15.8 | extra three as a game. If you look at your history as a coach going to different places |
| 1:20.9 | and using the three-point shot and I want to talk a little using the three point shot. |
| 1:22.8 | I want to talk a little bit about where that comes from |
| 1:25.6 | and sort of like the history of your philosophy |
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