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In an earlier round of the NBA Playoffs, analyst Doug Collins said something I had never heard phrased that particular way. The play-by-play person asked him how a certain team could dig out of a fairly significant deficit and among the few items he mentioned was “the players needed to star at their roles.”…
The sky has fallen; a 16 Seed has beaten a 1 Seed on the 136th try and convincingly-by 20 points. The second-guessing critics are out in force slamming Coach Tony Bennett and his “slow”, “boring” 351st (out of 351 D1 teams) pace of play of 62.1 possessions per 40 minutes. This, after a 31-2…
I was watching a film of a recent game the other day and it dawned on me after I fast forwarded through a couple of timeouts that the videographer was purposely taping his team’s timeouts. You should see the behavior. All players, assistants, managers and medical personnel go to exactly the same spot in every…
The timing couldn’t have been better for players everywhere to be tuned into two players, who at first glance might only seem to be linked by two very interesting and challenging names. Giannis Antetokounpo and Muhammad-Ali Abdur Rahkman’s basketball lives intersected this past weekend when MAAR’s University of Michigan Wolverine basketball team beat Florida St….
It’s disconcerting to watch a game in which a team’s good post player gets double-teamed and that player and his teammates act like it’s the first time it has ever happened. Obviously, it shouldn’t be the first time because that really should have been anticipated and adequately been covered in practice prior to encountering it…
We’re at that stage of the season. No matter the current level of success of our teams, coaches and players alike are susceptible to mid-season doldrums. The reasons are varied but include the following: Pre-season and early season excitement are on the decline. Schedules get daunting and can beat down a team or individual players….