Start of the Season is End of Practice Time | Trail Blazers, NBA Teaching the Game in a New Era

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   @503go 3 months ago

   Interesting peek into the evolution of practice time. I agree that the lack of practice time for soft scrimmages and drills could be a hindrance to some of the younger players. I just hope that any player shooting under 80% from the stripe is putting up 100 practice shots per day. Because as we all know, "ya gotta hit your free throws."

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   @devanmw 3 months ago

   thanks for holding it down for another offszn Mike 🫡

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   @talltim9579 3 months ago

   I was watching the football game last night and the Texans young QB just made a bonehead play and goes to the bench with the turnover. He is immediately given a tablet to see what he just did. I sure hope we don't get that nerdy in the NBA, but it's probably going to be a thing. Go Blazers.

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   @ryananderson1518 3 months ago

   MORE OF THESE!!!!!

   How about a video on a modern NBA off season vs 10, 20, 30 years ago.

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   @GrayHughesInvestigates 3 months ago

   I remember Jack Ramsey would have them stretch and do all the different things and they practiced a lot

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   @MojoMan007 3 months ago

   Could you guys do that first game show in 🐸 costumes?

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   @squadup22 3 months ago

   Nice video, new to blazers, I’m here for Jrue and this video is easily one of my favorites I’ve seen with the locked on moniker for nba teams, thanks!

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   @vaniro.9420 3 months ago

   Thank you for this small bit of journalism this morning, Mike! You're the best lets hope for a fun season!

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   @rileymcphee9429 3 months ago

   Can't help but feel like Grant's development being credited to buying into practice, and him no longer wanting to practice as he's declined the last few years, is a bit of a tell.
   Would you agree, Mike?

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    @sdc5914 3 months ago

    Mike, the Post up Power Forward we all needed!

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    @jubalchaplincomedy 3 months ago

    Basketball is sport that you can improve a lot on offense wo anybody else. Really just need a basket and maybe a wall to pass to. Team D . Zones and pressing are practice skills that need the team. I think most NBA players know how to work skills and train on their own. So if practice focused on team concepts and players spent time developing their skills on their own practice time wouldn't be an issue.

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    @BigZBeatZ503 3 months ago

    Idk man. Seems like all the rest is the reason more injuries are happening.

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    @theorb4011 3 months ago

    As a professional musician, this episode is an interesting crossover. We value, of course, individual practice. Scales, sight reading, working on repertoire.
    Group work is better termed "rehearsal".

    I never have "band practice" – we shouldn't be learning the music in the group setting. That's individual work that wastes the other members' time, and time is every human's most precious, valuable resource.
    We have band rehearsals, where we REFINE what we know, placing our individual parts in the greater picture, and experimenting with interplay.

    This directly translates to sports. All players should be working on anything they can do away from the team (like your referenced JG working on his shot, on his own time) – weight training, shots, maybe watching some general NBA film (other teams, old games, even older eras for ideas etc) to get a different perspective on actual games, on their own. This should be done with the intent to bring their individual contributions to the full team.

    There is tremendous value of group work away from the "stage". No audience/low-pressure situations allow for greater experimentation and opportunity to fail, with severely reduced negative outcomes, especially on the team "high altitude view", and in the context of a full season.

    Team rehearsal eliminates on-court time wasted discovering that a scheme just flat out doesn't work because of some (maybe changeable over time) miscommunication or mismatch in abilities between teammates…

    I'm sure you can extrapolate.

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    Anonymous 3 months ago

    Less games. More practice.

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    @bryanaalberg1134 3 months ago

    As always, thanks Mike. I assistant coach a local AAU team now, mostly focusing on the mental side of the game teaching classroom sessions between practices. I appreciate these types of segments from you as they give me great ideas for topics. I am sure you make many differences in people’s lives, this is just one for me and a lot of local kids. Thanks.

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    @LeeferReefer 3 months ago

    the Iverson quotes to open killed me

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    @darrenkrivit6854 3 months ago

    I remember back in the 80s-90s hearing local sports reports on Blazer's hard practices during the season. Looking forward to the upcoming season 🏀

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    @kevinrienecker9534 3 months ago

    Mike, you're so gurgly. I keep thinking I'm sitting here at work burping while I'm listening. 🙂