NBA offenses have become a video game
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Published 2023-11-26
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All Comments (21)
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It’s absolutely absurd that the pacers have almost no nationally televised games
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Teams are being lead by guys who are elite scorers and passers instead of one or the other. Teams are being lead by peak Oscar Robertson's while being surrounded with shooters and vertical spacers. Unless they change some rules to help defense (they won’t) this is going to be the new norm.
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Called Indiana PACErs for a reason
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Buddy’s role in the pacers offense can’t be emphasized enough. He got a rep as a chucker early in his career, but his movement and quick decision making opens up so much for his teammates
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Basically, in the regular season constraints it's very hard to implement a defensive scheme and really scope out a team- in the euroleague you get a week between games to practice, in the NBA regular season you have back to backs. I mean, the players are also really good, but it's easier to freelance on offense than it is on defense. It's why playoffs basketball is so different- you meet a team enough times in a row and get time to prepare so the defense is a lot better.
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Yes, the pacers/haliburton breakdown I was asking for recently! Thank's a lot, Ben! <3
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Bob and Nique were incredulous all game. Way to include their calls.
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Splendid game and wonderful breakdown
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Being on the pacers would be such a joy. Sprinting around all night is a major part of my open gym playstyle cause people absolutely hate dealing with it and I’ve always been a runner so it’s not even tough to pull off
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Seeing these scores is so hilarious to me having grown up watching basketball in the late 90’s/ early 2000’s, where a team scoring 90 points was a high scoring game
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I love how much joy and creativity Haliburton plays with. He's probably my second favorite player to watch in the NBA after Jokic.
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do a video on the magic's defense, it would be a good contrast to this offensive focused video and would be very interesting to see broken down
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Games like these really show me how hard it is to play defense in todays nba. You can be the most skilled defender, but more than likely you won’t be able to lock up a good scorer without letting them bait you on fouls.
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Would have been interesting to include some snippets from the ORL-IND game to show how they stopped that IND offense (at least until the Magic put their third string in). Looking forward to a video on the Magic’s defense soon!
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Ben, this must be the sixth time I've watched this video since you put it out. Amazing work putting this together, and these offenses are absolutely fascinating.
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With scoring approaching the 60s pace, when does someone challenge Wilt's 100 pt game?
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Them trading to get toppin for free made a lot of sense with them imo. They look like a fun watch Haliburton has been incredible.
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Thank you for continuing to break down the game that I love with such complexity, exposing the sophisticated chess match that is basketball. Keep up the good work Ben!
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love theses break down vids
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fantastic work!
