Yesterday I was watching Joventut Badalona vs Valencia Basket, and one shot made me pause. A three-pointer by Guillaume Vives off one leg. Huh? I went back to check if I had seen it right. Not because of the result,…
Updated weekly after each EuroLeague round If you’ve been watching EuroLeague basketball long enough, patterns start to emerge.Some teams keep playing in remarkably similar ways. This chart looks at how EuroLeague teams manage minutes:average stint length versus rotation variability. For…
If you have been watching Paris Basketball for long enough, a pattern starts to emerge. Different seasons, different rosters, different coaches. Yet their game feels strangely familiar. The pace remains high. The shooting chart barely changes. Offensive rebounding is never…
Coaching in the CIBACOPA League in Mexico earlier this year confronted me with a very real problem. We played 4 (!) games a week, often with long travel journeys, while running the highest pace in the league. That combination forces…
I’m going to start with something unusual for this platform. Today, I’m talking about soccer. And if you know me, you know I don’t like soccer. But a few weeks ago, the leader of the Belgian league made a move…
When Ettore Messina was asked once about Greg Popovich’s greatest skill as a coach, he didn't hesitate: “He excels at singling out the one detail he wants to practice.” Because in the NBA, teams hardly practice — they play, recover,…
Everywhere I go, I hear the same thing.I have been lucky to visit many countries, and coaches tell me the same thing everywhere: “We don’t have enough time with our team.” Doesn't matter the level, age or how many sessions…
Much has been said and written about the use of analytics in basketball. And sometimes it seems like people can only think in black and white. As brilliant as he was, I honestly think Albert Einstein would’ve made a terrible…
It’s been a while — a lot has happened. The past months brought me to two very different experiences in Mexican basketball. With Ángeles de CDMX in the CIBACOPA League, we finished the regular season as the #1 seed.Then came…
In my last article I told you I had just signed to coach in the CIBACOPA League here in Mexico. Seven weeks after my arrival we already have 2 preparation tournaments and 14 official games in the books (!). We’ve…