Goose85
04-04-2014, 12:01 PM
Yahoo sports has an article on how Doc Rivers worked with Chris Paul to improve his game and improve the Clippers offense.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/doc-rivers-encouraged-chris-paul-to-give-the-ball-up--and-the-clippers-are-flourishing-as-a-result-222717381.html
One point that was made is something that drove me nuts with MU last year. Doc asked Paul to give the ball up earlier and think of passes like hockey assists.
Last year it seemed MU's point guards would have to bring the ball up court and start the offense once they were nearing the top of the key instead of trying to get the ball up court faster (doesn't have to mean fast break).
From the article
"Rivers was asking him to give up the ball early and only sometimes get it back later, requiring a new level of trust in his teammates.
And then Rivers asked for even more. When Paul was sidelined with a shoulder injury for 18 games in January and February, Rivers urged him to consider giving up the ball even earlier, while still in the backcourt. Paul smiles thinking about the term Rivers used: the hockey assist. "Sometimes it's about the pass that leads to the pass," says Paul"
Side note: I'm not a Bulls fan like many of the Chicago MU fans, so I didn't realize that Thibodeau was once an assistant on Doc's staff.
Thibodeau has been very impressive with the Bulls, especially considering no Rose.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/doc-rivers-encouraged-chris-paul-to-give-the-ball-up--and-the-clippers-are-flourishing-as-a-result-222717381.html
One point that was made is something that drove me nuts with MU last year. Doc asked Paul to give the ball up earlier and think of passes like hockey assists.
Last year it seemed MU's point guards would have to bring the ball up court and start the offense once they were nearing the top of the key instead of trying to get the ball up court faster (doesn't have to mean fast break).
From the article
"Rivers was asking him to give up the ball early and only sometimes get it back later, requiring a new level of trust in his teammates.
And then Rivers asked for even more. When Paul was sidelined with a shoulder injury for 18 games in January and February, Rivers urged him to consider giving up the ball even earlier, while still in the backcourt. Paul smiles thinking about the term Rivers used: the hockey assist. "Sometimes it's about the pass that leads to the pass," says Paul"
Side note: I'm not a Bulls fan like many of the Chicago MU fans, so I didn't realize that Thibodeau was once an assistant on Doc's staff.
Thibodeau has been very impressive with the Bulls, especially considering no Rose.