The Official NBA Thread: Lakers Fire Darvin Ham

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I hate it when players jump and pass the ball in the air. It kills me inside, it makes me cringe.

But Luka is the best I’ve ever seen at it.

 

[addict4sneakers]

I hate it when players jump and pass the ball in the air. It kills me inside, it makes me cringe.

But Luka is the best I’ve ever seen at it.

Can’t name a great passer that didn’t throw jump passes

 

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Can’t name a great passer that didn’t throw jump passes

Do you think he’s one of the best at it?

 

[WASHED KING]

Bron is the best I've seen do it.

For 99% of players jump passes are a bad idea. Keep your feet under you.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Do you think he’s one of the best at it?

him, Nash, lebron

 

[addict4sneakers]

Bron is the best I've seen do it.

For 99% of players jump passes are a bad idea. Keep your feet under you.

It’s a fake fundamental

 

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him, Nash, lebron

I respect that.

Luka’s spin is just crazy tho.

I don’t know how these guys do it.

 

[WASHED KING]

It’s a fake fundamental

If the open man is no longer there once you leave your feet it's basically a turnover, and once you leave your feet everyone knows the ball has to leave your hand.

Yeah jump passes are great when they work, but for most players not leaving their feet to make a pass is the better option. Bron and Luka are top .000000000000000000000000000000001% of basketball players. Rules don't apply to them.

Not including Nash cause he's overrated.

 

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If you’re amazing at it, it’s not a bad pass…

But most players will never be great at it - so in turn it’s usually always an extremely risky and bad pass to make.

 

[B Sox]

NBA is easy money. Star player missing bet on his team. Bucks/clips/pels/kings/heat all covered game 1 or the play in. Star player 1st game back bet the other way. Trae and kawhi come back and lose

Aight so can you pay your Wemby bet?

 

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He’s so ridiculous with it. Even Bron is like “that’s insane”

 

[addict4sneakers]

If the open man is no longer there once you leave your feet it's basically a turnover, and once you leave your feet everyone knows the ball has to leave your hand.

Yeah jump passes are great when they work, but for most players not leaving their feet to make a pass is the better option. Bron and Luka are top .000000000000000000000000000000001% of basketball players. Rules don't apply to them.

Not including Nash cause he's overrated.

It baffles me how you can appreciate great passers like Luka and Bron but then say Nash is overrated. You don’t like his MVPs, fine. But he absolutely had the gift as a passer.

Every PG needs to be able to make that jump pass on the baseline when helpside commits. Half of the time the defense commits because they see the offensive player leave his feet. The difference between hitting a teammate can come down to milliseconds. We don’t have time jump stop and pass. We are trying to be great.

 

[pmatic]

Haliburton is a great jump passer. Uses it with no looks to manipulate defenses.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Am I teaching an 8 year old to jump and pass? No. A 17 year old PG? Absolutely

 

[addict4sneakers]

Haliburton is a great jump passer. Uses it with no looks to manipulate defenses.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Haliburton is a great jump passer. Uses it with no looks to manipulate defenses.

A Trae young floater looks just like a Trae young lob too

 

[WASHED KING]

It baffles me how you can appreciate great passers like Luka and Bron but then say Nash is overrated. You don’t like his MVPs, fine. But he absolutely had the gift as a passer.

Every PG needs to be able to make that jump pass on the baseline when helpside commits. Half of the time the defense commits because they see the offensive player leave his feet. The difference between hitting a teammate can come down to milliseconds. We don’t have time jump stop and pass. We are trying to be great.

Nash could pass the ball but he is the biggest system player of all time. Not even a top 10 PG. Wouldn't even call him a top 5 passer.

But back to the topic at hand, leaving your feet like that to make a pass is a high skill ability some players got it, most however do not. In that situation 9 times out of time I'd prefer my PG to keep his dribble alive.

 

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i’m more so talking about the stationary jump pass. Where you’re trapped or damn near trapped.

The type of pass that even the best professionals will have a hard time doing.

Luka just somehow gets so much zip on it.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Nash could pass the ball but he is the biggest system player of all time. Not even a top 10 PG. Wouldn't even call him a top 5 passer.

But back to the topic at hand, leaving your feet like that to make a pass is a high skill ability some players got it, most however do not. In that situation 9 times out of time I'd prefer my PG to keep his dribble alive.

I’ll ignore the Nash slander.

But you at least need to teach the baseline hook pass. Helpside going to try to take the corner man away. That wing 3 is there every time

 

[xxpizzo]

adam silver think he slick having the NBA drop that Maxey MIP lastnight to try and get us sixers fans to forget about that rigged *** reffing job that went on

im on to you Silver - let me go look for an email address of yours i got some words

 

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Luka the best passer to the lob and Jump pass
Jokic best passer of the post and over defenses
LeBron best skip passer and of pick and roll coverages
Harden is the best bounce passer , post entry and hitting the roller
Hali is the best at ahead passes

But they all elite in every passing element

 

[addict4sneakers]

Luka the best passer to the lob and Jump pass
Jokic best passer of the post and over defenses
LeBron best skip passer and of pick and roll coverages
Harden is the best bounce passer , post entry and hitting the roller
Hali is the best at ahead passes

But they all elite in every passing element

Put some respect on Trae young’s name

 

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[addict4sneakers]

shoutout to Luka for defending but let’s keep that list to harden and Kawhi.

You don’t get props for holding Mason plumlee to 0-2 shooting

 

[WASHED KING]

I’ll ignore the Nash slander.

But you at least need to teach the baseline hook pass. Helpside going to try to take the corner man away. That wing 3 is there every time

Everything is fluid and basketball is a read/reaction sport so it's hard to replicate every single passing angle and opening a player may see in a game. So generally speaking the best way to prepare a player for this situations is ball handling drills, making sure they're comfortable passing and dribbling with either hand and watching film.

With that being said I run mainly a 4 out 1 in motion offense where my 5 man plays from the high post, a half court set usually starts with an on ball screen for the ball handler the 1 or the 2. So bounce passes, skips, and being able to throw an entry pass to the post are definitely my main priorities.

I spend 30 min each practice just on working on reads out of the PNR.