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Dean Oliver

Losing the Game

To Take the Blame

Stats Database

Chamberlain & Jabbar

USA Basketball

Greece - USA Video

Maroussi BC Greece



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Thoughts

Coach's Digest

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Basketball Legends

WebSites Review

Books Review

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The Beautiful Faces

Best Seller September



The Best Basketball Clips


Air Jordan Clip

What's your game ?

Rhythm & Basketball

Impossible is Nothing

FIBA 2006 Video

Spain World Champs

A little less gravity

Greece - USA Video



Recent Comments


Five-Star Drills

About Deflections

Drazen Petrovic

Australia Champions

Jugoplastika Split

FIBA Rules Changes

FIBA 2006 Video

Beckett Guide

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Spain World Champs

About Win Shares

Portland Girls

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Plus Minus Ratings

A Time for Ideas

New Zealand Haka

Assisted Percentage

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Fernando Martin

Pete Carril

PSA Formula

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About the Hook Shot

Statistics & Methods

NBA Stars in Seoul

Anomaly Champions

Miami Heat Girls

They Call Me Coach

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Stats & Officials

Petrovic & Jordan

Stats & Statisticians

Cosquín 2006

Walter Herrmann

Red Auerbach

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BC Kiev Girls

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Serbia & Montenegro

Basketball 6 on 6

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Web Sites Guide

Basketball Archives

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Israel is Europe ?

L.A.Lakers Girls

Basketball on Paper

Formulas Revision

ABC's of Coaching

Analyzing Assists

Basketball Efficiency

Dean Smith

Next Exposition

Jordan vs. Barkley

Coaching Basketball

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Beckett Cards 2006

O'Neal & Barkley

MVP IBM Formula

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Karl Malone

L. Wilkens & J. West

Coach Phil Jackson

Youth Basketball

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Future of NBA Stats

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 BOOKS REVIEW

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15/10/06: Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis Basketball on Paper
By: Dean Oliver
Journey "inside the numbers" for an exceptional set of statistical tools and rules that can help explain the winning-or losing-ways of a Basketball team. Basketball on Paper doesn’t diagram plays or explain how players get in shape, but instead demonstrates how to interpret player and team performance.

Dean Oliver highlights general strategies for teams when they’re winning or losing, and what aspects should be the focus in either situation. He describes and quantifies the jobs of team leaders and role players, then discusses the interactions between players and how to achieve the best fit. Oliver conceptualizes the meaning of teamwork and how to quantify the value of different types of players working together. He examines historically successful NBA teams and identifies what made them so successful individual talent, a system of putting players together, or good coaching.

Oliver then uses these statistical tools and case studies to evaluate the best players in history - such as Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Charles Barkley - and how they contributed to their teams’ success. He does the same for some of the NBA’s "oddball" players - Manute Bol, Muggsy Bogues, and Dennis Rodman - and for the WNBA’s top players.

Basketball on Paper is unique in its incorporation of business and analytical concepts within the context of Basketball to measure the value of players in a cooperative setting. Whether you’re looking for strategies or new ideas to throw out while watching the ballgame at a sports bar, Dean Oliver’s Basketball on Paper will give you amazing new insights into teamwork, coaching, and success.

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 LOSING THE GAME

Thoughts  

13/10/06 Subject: When you Lose the Game
Lots of stuff to consider when you lose a game. Could be one thing or a combination of things that caused the late game falter.
Rebounding - did you give up second chance shots; did you get any?
Defense - did your players encounter a different defense, more pressure, traps full or half court? Did your defense get lazy?
Did you allow mini runs of 4-6 points and not have an offensive reply - we call those empty possessions. Did you get beat in transition?
Offense - did you continue to attack the basket or settle for jumpers? Jump shooters don't get fouled by the good teams late in the game.
If you decided that a ten point lead was good enough to win the game and pulled the ball out, you may have screwed up your momentum/offensive continuity thinking your lead could hold up.
Foul shooting? Sub patterns - did you have the wrong guys in at the end of the game?
Fatigue will make a player make mental mistakes. So that is possible another thing to consider......

 COACH'S DIGEST

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11/10/06 Subject: To take all the blame
"Just recently the superintendent of my team gave me some advices. He said that when you win a game do not take the credit, but praise the players. The players won the game. When you lose, its your fault as the coach. You take all the blame.
Another statement he said was, "Don't ever say it's ok that we lost because we played well." What are your thoughts?"

"Welcome to the world of coaching. The players always get the praise, but heck, you know that you did a great job of preparing them, otherwise you wouldn't be getting the W !!

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I think that what he might be saying to you is to take the blame to take the heat off the kids.... right or wrong... it's pretty good advice. Kids don't need to be told that they didn't play well.... they know when they don't. It's not about placing blame... more about how do we correct our problems.
One of the things that I went to towards the end of my coaching career was to wait until we got home from away games to talk to the team... usually had a clearer head and could measure my words a little better.... and the talks were usually shorter...

There were times I let the Captains do the talking about the game and what we had to do or work on.... or another player from time to time, everybody got their chance to talk during the season. Try to keep you comments on the positive side... like saying we need to work on this or that.... instead of saying we really stunk at boxing out or some other point.
When you get to practice the next day you can go into a little more detail and create your practice plan around correcting those items. I'm NOT sure what he was trying to say in his last comment. What is wrong with saying that we played well but the other team was better tonight ? It happens.... live with it. When some team comes out shooting the lights out... it doesn't make a lot of difference what you do.... we've met teams like that and we have had some games where we shot well too.... hard to beat someone that doesn't miss. I keep reading the last statement and I can't figure out what he was trying to say..... maybe someone else has an idea on that.... . "
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 STATS DATABASE

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09/10/06 - How would you like to be able to find the career stats of any NBA player who ever played in just seconds? How about sorting NBA records by player height, personal fouls, or minutes per game? You can do all this and more by downloading the Basketball Database For The Internet from Basketball.com.

Once you download the B-Ball Database, you will have access to all the Basketball stats you'll ever need! You can sort the stats by team, league, player, playoffs, year, and more all the way back to the 37-38 season!! Just go to Basketball.com to download the program. When the download is complete, simply double click the Basketball icon (you must be connected to the Internet to retrieve the stats) and you will instantly be connected to the database.

 UNFORGETTABLE Basketball LEGENDS

08/10/06 

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 THE BEST Basketball CLIPS

A little less gravity 

This good video clip, a tribute to dunkers with a lot of artistic stuff, is our selection for this month of October....

 WEBSITES REVIEW

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04/10/06 - Basketball.com, one of our eBA recommended Sites presents an update by John E. Banks about "USA Basketball, Success or Failure ?":

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"As the fate of the USA Basketball was determined by its poor shooting in the semi-final match up against Greece, the overall achievement of the Stars and Stripes can only be viewed as a success. The USA's vision of capturing the Word Championship title ended when a sizzling and scorching hot Greek team had too much offense for the USA and posted a 101-95 victory in the semifinals of the 2006 World Championship. For the most part, many observers would deem this a failure, however, Team USA rebounded with true grit, heart, and determination, and being able to return home with the bronze medal and an 8-1 record after handling Argentina (7-2) 96-81......
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 FIBA 2006 World Basketball Championship

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Greece vs. USA 4/4 last minute, from EuroGreek TV

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 Basketball BEAUTIFUL FACES

01/10/2006 

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 eBA September 2006 BESTSELLER

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Five-Star Basketball DrillsFive-Star Basketball Drills
By: Howard Garfinkel & Will Klein

Over 5,000 talented players have completed the Five-Star program and received scholarships. Distinguished alumni include Isiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, Mark Aguirre, John Paxson, Jim Paxson, Jeff Ruland, Darnell Valentine, and Mike O'Koren. Here, in print for the first time, is a compilation of 131 drills they practiced at the nation's premier Basketball camp. The book includes the following:

  • 131 of the best drills used at the Five-Star camp
  • Conditioning, one, two, and three player drills for men and women
  • Proven regimens from a star-studded galaxy of NCAA and NBA coaches
  • Step by step instructions with pictures and diagrams to maximize your potential and practice time
      "Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein are as well organized in their presentation of drills as they are in their camp. This book is a great contribution to your Basketball library." -- Bob Knight

      "Owning one of the most varied sports libraries in the country, I consider myself an expert on sports books. Nowhere on my shelves is there anything approaching the value of these drills for youngsters and young coaches. It's the best drill book in America." -- George Raveling

      "With the advent of the three-point shot, there's now a high priority on the skill parts of the game. This book will help the dedicated user become a fundamentally sound player." -- Mike Fratello

      "A must for all young players and coaches who want to learn the game the way it should be taught." -- Rick Pitino

      "Five-Star has done a great job helping kids. I admire the way they've emphasized teaching the concepts and maintained the personal touch in dealing with youngsters. This book carries on that great tradition." -- Mike Krzyzewski

 
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"Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein are as well organized in their presentation of drills as they are in their camp. This book is a great contribution to your Basketball library."
--Bob Knight, Texas Tech University

"With the advent of the three-point shot there's now a high priority on the skill parts of the game. This book will help the dedicated user become a fundamentally sound player."
--Dean Smith, College Basketball's all-time winner coach

"No one has done more for the game of Basketball in the past four decades than Five-Star's Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein" -- Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University

"A must for all young players and coaches who want to learn the game the way it should be taught."--Rick Pitino, University of Louisville

Before there was a Nike or Adidas camp for the nation's elite high-school players, there was Five-Star. Now in its 37th year, more than 5,000 talented players have completed the Five-Star program, and over 300 of them have gone on to careers in the NBA. Distinguished alumni include Isiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Jamal Mashburn, Rasheed Wallace, and Vince Carter

In Five-Star Basketball Drills, you will find the same 131 drills practiced by these Basketball greats at the nation's premier Basketball camp. The book includes:

  • One-, two-, and three-player drills for men and women
  • Proven regimens from a star-studded galaxy of NCAA and NBA coaches
  • Step-by-step instructions with pictures and diagrams to maximize your potential and practice time


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