{"id":37037,"date":"2020-07-30T04:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nba-experts-break-down-strengths-of-knicks-tom-thibodeau\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T04:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:33:00","slug":"nba-experts-break-down-strengths-of-knicks-tom-thibodeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nba-experts-break-down-strengths-of-knicks-tom-thibodeau\/","title":{"rendered":"#NBA experts break down strengths of Knicks\u2019 Tom Thibodeau"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NBA experts break down strengths of Knicks\u2019 Tom Thibodeau<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n New Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau is portrayed by opposing coaches as a defensive chess master and sensational game<\/a> planner. He has creative moves to stop your best player and best play. He demands his players talk it up on defense. And to boot, he\u2019s always adding defensive wrinkles for the next meeting.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau\u2019s philosophy on guarding the NBA\u2019s most popular play \u2014 the pick-and-roll \u2014 has many varieties, depending on the talents of the two offensive players involved.<\/p>\n

His critics contend his philosophy of protecting the paint and penetration at all costs is outdated in the 3-ball NBA. But if Thibodeau\u2019s Minnesota teams dipped statistically on defense, it wasn\u2019t because his young Wolves weren\u2019t prepared for every scenario.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore you get to Tom\u2019s coverages and defending elite players, it always starts with how good are your basic principles,\u2019\u2019 Orlando coach Steve Clifford told The Post. \u201cIndividual defenses, help defense, pick-and-roll coverages, catch-and-shoot, transition defense and rebounding. That\u2019s where his team has always been exceptional.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Thibodeau, who officially will be named Knicks head coach as soon as Thursday, should work quickly with his new players. The \u201cDelete 8\u201d clubs are expected to be granted minicamp\/OTAs in mid-August. But the real defensive lessons come when training camp opens in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the communication and connectivity on the court by the players that Tom installs from the first day in training camp and that his teams practice every day,\u2019\u2019 one veteran NBA assistant coach told The Post. \u201cThey do certain drills almost every day to teach a system of communication and connectivity. Every scenario that could happ<\/a>en is taught in training camp. It\u2019s been thought about all summer long, put on paper so there is no confusion. That\u2019s the importance of Thibodeau\u2019s staff watching a ton of film so the player understands what exactly is needed. That is as important in his player development program as anything.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Coaches say nobody does it better than Thibodeau in limiting the opposing team\u2019s superstar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Tom\u2019s genius defensively is he takes away teams\u2019 strengths, he communicates to his team in a precise and concise manner, he demands effort, attention to detail, and early and loud defensive communication,\u2019\u2019 said Jeff Van Gundy, who hired Thibodeau as a Knicks assistant in 1996. \u201cHe knows the opponents personnel thoroughly, and he has the right amount of schemes when he needs to go to Plan B.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the game planning,\u2019\u2019 added Clifford, an assistant with Thibodeau in New York and Houston. \u201cWhen you play against his teams, they\u2019re going to make it harder for your team to play to its strengths. They\u2019re going to be locked into your key player and key play and make you get to the next option a lot more than other teams do.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to get easy baskets in transition. You\u2019re not going to get those system baskets that gets you over the top that you get against other teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some credit Thibodeau for forcing the NBA\u2019s hand in changing rules to favor offenses. His first mentor was the legendary Bill Musselman, a volatile defensive extremist who hired him on his 1989-90 expansion Timberwolves staff.<\/p>\n

Asked what defensive ideas he learned from his father, Eric Musselman, the Arkansas head coach, said, \u201cIt was being physical, detailed and using his small-group breakdown drills.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tom Thibodeau<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under newer rules, defenses lost their chance to be extra physical on penetrating guards. But Thibodeau adapted with more complex schemes.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom was an innovator,\u2019\u2019 an NBA coaching source said. \u201cHe developed a scheme of overloading the strong side of the floor and building a wall. His \u2018ice\u2019 pick-and-roll defense was ahead of its time. Eventually they countered these tactics. The fundamentals never change, just the X\u2019s and O\u2019s. Defensive innovators like Dick Harter and Thibs have done so much damage to offenses that rule changes had to be implemented just to give offenses a chance.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Some believe Thibodeau invented the \u201cice\u2019\u2019 pick-and-roll coverage, but he really just popularized it as his Bulls were masters. The \u201cice\u2019\u2019 coverage is to force ball-handlers on sideline pick-and-rolls into a double team if they penetrate into the lane. The giveaway is allowing a long 2 \u2014 statistically the league\u2019s worst shot.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau\u2019s pick-and-roll coverage has become more flexible \u2014 and that\u2019s why cerebral players are needed on his teams.<\/p>\n

The Bulls defense was a well-oiled machine. In his three seasons in Minnesota, Thibodeau\u2019s Wolves ranked 27th, 25th and 17th respectively in points allowed per 100 possessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s based on personnel \u2014 who has the ball and who sets the screen,\u2019\u2019 the assistant coach said. \u201cFor example Chris Paul and [Rajon] Rondo are so different you have to have multiple coverages against them. And is the screener a guy who can shoot from 3? Will he exploit a switch? He goes into a game plan based on their personnel and Tom\u2019s personnel guarding it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The volume of film study separates Thibodeau from his peers, earning him kudos as the game\u2019s best defensive mind. Clifford said when he started with the Knicks as an advance scout, Thibodeau showed him a new way to \u201cwatch film in more detail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thibodeau also has good instincts, Clifford said, on \u201chow to win an NBA game.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSome nights he evaluates how aggressive you are taking the better players out of the game because you can open the floor up for other guys,\u201d Clifford said. \u201cOther nights he wants to commit to not letting a great player get going. Those are decisions you make studying teams in the offseason and he\u2019s the master at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

A chess master, that is, making it an anxious experience to prepare for a Thibodeau team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s a set your team is good at, he just has a denial,\u201d Clifford said. \u201cYou can\u2019t run things as easily. He teaches defense to make it harder on you to run your offense and get the shots you want. And he\u2019s adding things \u2014 more creative than most people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thibodeau is demonstrative on the sidelines, breaking out defensive instructions until he\u2019s hoarse. He\u2019s no different in practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want the player to have too many things to think about,\u201d the assistant coach said. \u201cBut in reality, it is all in how you teach it with repetition and communication that it becomes second nature.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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