McDonald: Talking Spurs offense with Mike Budenholzer

[Spurs Brazil]

What follows is a transcript of a 10-minute interview with longtime Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer conducted for that article, detailing the evolution of the Spurs’ offense from then to now. Consider it a bonus feature to the fully formed E-N piece linked above:

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/05/26/bonus-feature-talking-spurs-offense-with-mike-budenholzer/

[Drom John]

Q. Duncan, obviously, was probably the player most affected by the change in offensive philosophies. I mean, he won four championships playing another way. How accepting was he of this switch?

Budenholzer: “It’s basically impossible if your franchise player and the most important player for the last 10 or 15 years is not in agreement. If he’s not on board, and he’s not buying in, you’re going to have problems. There will be friction. Without him, none of this could happen. He’s amazing that way.

Is this most of the difference between the Spurs and the Lakers?

[timvp]

Nice find. Worth a read :tu