
#154: Mike D'Antoni on the evolution of offense
Thinking Basketball
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The Evolution of James Harden in the NBA
Harden was just, you couldn't stay in front of me slow. He's not overly fast. The defense dictated us to do that more. We were so efficient at the pick and roll either with Coppella rolling or whoever the five was. And we'd always get the weakest defender on him because they had to switch it. So he didn't get a match up that he is either going to get a good shot or he can get into the lane,. It turned into a one on one game, but there was a reason for it because the defense couldn't guard us other way.
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