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01-25-2010, 03:23 AM
Four-Down and 20,000 Points Later
by Jesse Blanchard
http://doubledribble.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/tim_duncan.jpg
It is widely acknowledged that Gregg Popovich and the Spurs r (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2009/09/30/gregg-popovich-gives-the-spurs-a-break/)un one of the more extensive and complicated s (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2009/09/30/gregg-popovich-gives-the-spurs-a-break/)ystems in the NBA. While over the summer the coaching staff made a decision to cut the playbook in half to speed up the learning curve of it’s overhauled roster (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2009/09/30/gregg-popovich-gives-the-spurs-a-break/), it’s safe to say at least one play was always going to make the cut.
Four-down. If Spurs fans are familiar with any of the team’s complex offense terminology, it would be with this two-word play. In terms of basketball signature bread and butter plays, it somehow lacks even the charisma of the Stockton-to-Malone pick and roll. It’s simple and understated. Which makes it the perfect calling card of the man who used it to score most of his now 20,000-plus points.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/01/24/four-down-and-20000-points-later/)
by Jesse Blanchard
http://doubledribble.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/tim_duncan.jpg
It is widely acknowledged that Gregg Popovich and the Spurs r (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2009/09/30/gregg-popovich-gives-the-spurs-a-break/)un one of the more extensive and complicated s (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2009/09/30/gregg-popovich-gives-the-spurs-a-break/)ystems in the NBA. While over the summer the coaching staff made a decision to cut the playbook in half to speed up the learning curve of it’s overhauled roster (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2009/09/30/gregg-popovich-gives-the-spurs-a-break/), it’s safe to say at least one play was always going to make the cut.
Four-down. If Spurs fans are familiar with any of the team’s complex offense terminology, it would be with this two-word play. In terms of basketball signature bread and butter plays, it somehow lacks even the charisma of the Stockton-to-Malone pick and roll. It’s simple and understated. Which makes it the perfect calling card of the man who used it to score most of his now 20,000-plus points.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/01/24/four-down-and-20000-points-later/)