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Yeah, but how many times over the last few years have we seen the kind of space creating, off ball motion that is seemingly common sense? Not nearly often enough.

No doubt, we've been all pick n roll all the time since Paul got here. Its just up to the coaches whether we get more creative, now. Just my gut feeling, but I think we're still gonna be a majority pnr team in the half court. We just have to get more stops so we can get out and run A LOT more. Can't do that if we can't stop anybody.

As for the article, I was just saying that guy, like most grantland writers, just took a really professorial approach to explaining something that most decent basketball players intuitively do. They'd just never be able to explain it like that.

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...The distance between Iguodala and Evan Fournier is roughly free throw line extended to free throw line extended. In the lingo of the dribble drive, that amount of space is a double gap,

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...While creating triple gaps (think ball handler at the top of the key driving toward the side with only one offensive player, positioned in the deeper corner) is ideal, the most vital part of the system’s success is resisting the urge to attack single gaps. Driving into a single gap — about eight to 12 feet of space — is something Walberg always wanted his teams to avoid.

That sounds so much more complex than it actually is. Its basic spacing.

He says it himself after going all Zach Lowe on us...

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Despite directives like that, the offense itself — especially the version molded by Karl — remains very simple. Players have the freedom to create when the opportunity is right, but when it’s not there, they can simply move the ball and cut to open up opportunities