5 Men On A Single String … Kudos to Larry Brown
What the No. 1 Team Defense in the NBA looks like, up close and personal:
When yours truly has to read repeated nonsense like this …
“The actual contributions which a head coach makes to a successful NBA team are quite minimal, in comparison with the overall quality of the players on a team’s roster” – NBA Team Fan X …
scattered across the internet, it can be nauseating.
The simple facts are these:
1. Great Team Defense does not happen on its own.
2. Great Team Defense does not happen just because a specific squad is filled with outstanding players who have top notch “NBA talent/athleticism”.
3. Great Team Defense comes from actually having a great coach who knows exactly how to teach his/her players to execute with tenacity, discipline and teamwork, at the defensive end of the floor, on each and every possession.
4. A great defensive basketball coach is capable of making:
i. A collection of “poor” players exponentially better than the sum of their individual talents, and into a highly competitive team.
ii. A collection of ”good” players substantially better than the sum of their individual talents, and into a legitimate contending team.
iii. A collection of ”outstanding” players significantly better than the sum of their individual talents, and into a league title-winning team.
What the Charlotte Bobcats look like on D, in this specific video clip, should serve as Defense 101 for aspiring basketball coaches everywhere.
Those who seek to de-value the actual contributions which are made by a top notch NBA head coach to the formulation of a first rate contending team simply do not understand how this game works.
Tags: Charlotte Bobcats, Kevin Arnovitz, Larry Brown, TrueHoop
January 25th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
agree completely. Its beautiful to watch Charlotte on defense.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
We saw this first hand with Kevin O’Neil in Toronto. While I wouldn’t call him a great defensive coach, he did have the Raptors playing the best defense they played before or after his tenure here.
Great piece, and I couldn’t agree more.
January 26th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Just so you know, I’ve alerted DBB that you’ve quoted one of DBB’s commenters on your blog.
To be honest with you, I think doing so was low class. You’ve generally come across as a respectful guy, even when trolled, but IMO, this is low class.
January 26th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
brgulker,
You should know already the high degree of respect which I hold for you.
In this instance, however, you will need to clarify for me, in what way you think what I’ve done here is in any way disrespectful, or indicative of “low class”, concerning the generic quote which I personally made up and included in this blog entry … without attribution … to represent these types of sentiments which I’ve read on different web sites in my travels around the internet.
Hopefully you will take the time to reply to my request, either in this thread, or directly via email, as it isn’t my intention to offend you in some way.