Nerder She Wrote with Adam Mares: Nuggets Deep, NBA Innovations, Bored Popovich

Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour, David Thorpe and Adam Mares from SB Nations Denver Stiffs. 

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Rundown: 

We're doing video?

Nuggets are good!

Paul Millsap's effect

Mike Malone coaching well and talking shit 

Has done well with missing pieces 

Nikola Jokic 

Being "one pass away"

Offensive rebounding strategies

Ethan Strauss' "Next Trillion Dollar Innovation"

Passing off the backboard 

Thorpe, Pete D'Alessandro and Jason Williams story time

Learning the game through tradition and innovation 

Ban The Charge! 

Wisconsin player taking 5 charges 

Innovations / Improvements

Developmental innovations

Ignorance in youth basketball 

Rim height

Teaching yourself, experience vs instructional learning  

"Players have to play"

Scrimmaging in practice 

A.I. and pattern recognition in basketball

On the fly learning 

Speed and mental quickness 

Lonzo Ball is smart

Clone Wars: Team LeBron vs Team Giannis 

Gregg Popovich is bored with the game 

Too many 3s

Players getting longer, defending 3 getting better

Bigs can play small...can small guys play big?

Life is Basketball is Life

So many unicorns 

Final thoughts

Thorpe's Love Letter to The Game 

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