Smith: Coaching takeaways from the 2019 FIBA World Cup
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After watching close to 15 games live at the FIBA 2019 World Cup, a lot of trends have appeared. Here are some team, player and general observations from the tournament so far. (Piece has been lightly edited for clarity.) Teams Everyone who's decent runs some kind of action into pick and roll, pick and roll, pick and roll. The masking and misdirections are interesting, but essentially teams are targeting either who they want offensively from their team (Spain's Ricky Rubio and Marc Gasol) in the pick and roll, or defensive players they want to target. Hamed Haddadi from Iran for example, is a poor pick and roll defender.
Smith: Coaching takeaways from the 2019 FIBA World Cup
Smith: Coaching takeaways from the 2019 FIBA…
Smith: Coaching takeaways from the 2019 FIBA World Cup
After watching close to 15 games live at the FIBA 2019 World Cup, a lot of trends have appeared. Here are some team, player and general observations from the tournament so far. (Piece has been lightly edited for clarity.) Teams Everyone who's decent runs some kind of action into pick and roll, pick and roll, pick and roll. The masking and misdirections are interesting, but essentially teams are targeting either who they want offensively from their team (Spain's Ricky Rubio and Marc Gasol) in the pick and roll, or defensive players they want to target. Hamed Haddadi from Iran for example, is a poor pick and roll defender.