re: The Ringer on the Stan van Gundy hire

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It’s amazing how he could dissect the very issues that plagued this team even though he had no affiliation with the team in July. The man knows his stuff from just looking at the team from the outside. Now just imagine the things he’ll be able to identify once he has in house data available to him ie. film and analytics.

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I’ll also bring up something else on one of his podcasts.

When asked what he thinks will be the next evolution in the game that people aren’t talking about right now in the mainstream, but he thinks has a lot of potential and teams would be wise to start looking at incorporating more of. His response: zone defense.

Went into a breakdown analysis of why it can be a really good tool when used properly to counteract a lot of what modern offenses do.

And what ended up heavily featured in the NBA bubble and was a huge reason for Miami’s Cinderella run? Their innovative use of zone defense. The other team using it? Boston. What did Miami really do to overcome them? A much more effective use and adjustment involving heavily the zone defense.

Whoever said SVG is some retread unable to adapt to the modern NBA is a fricking moron. The guy may have some neurosis, but the man knows fricking basketball.