bthewigwam
07-02-2013, 03:24 PM
It's a copycat league, and the cat they copy most is the one who just won it all.
But let's be real: Without infinite cap space and three of the twenty best players on the free agent market, you're not copying the Heat.
However, this year's Finals did, in fact, present a powerful and important concept that any team might steal -- just not from the winners.
In the right situation, it's both devastatingly effective and so easy that old men in pickup games have been using it for decades.
What is this mysterious weapon? It's a trick from the other team that made it to Game 7 of the Finals, the San Antonio Spurs.
It's the Spurs' pack-the-paint and make-the-shooters-prove-it defense.
Continue Reading:
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/60723/live-by-the-3-or-die
But let's be real: Without infinite cap space and three of the twenty best players on the free agent market, you're not copying the Heat.
However, this year's Finals did, in fact, present a powerful and important concept that any team might steal -- just not from the winners.
In the right situation, it's both devastatingly effective and so easy that old men in pickup games have been using it for decades.
What is this mysterious weapon? It's a trick from the other team that made it to Game 7 of the Finals, the San Antonio Spurs.
It's the Spurs' pack-the-paint and make-the-shooters-prove-it defense.
Continue Reading:
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/60723/live-by-the-3-or-die