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The Pacers didn’t just steal Game 1 — Rick Carlisle coached them to it. Defensive adjustments. Offensive wrinkles. A masterclass from a veteran coach. Here’s how Carlisle outmaneuvered the Thunder 🧵🔥

Coaching is a privilege. You’re shaping habits, teaching discipline, and instilling values that last long after the final buzzer. The wins are fun, but watching your players grow into phenomenal people? That’s the real scoreboard. 🏀

Taking nothing away from what Atkinson and the Cavaliers accomplished, I would have voted for Bickerstaff. Coaching is about getting more out of your squad than anyone else could have. Bickerstaff pulled the @DetroitPistons from years of struggles into the playoffs.

Round 2 of the #NBAPlayoffs is going much differently than I expected! #understatement

Add These 5 Cuts Immediately 1) 45 Cut 2) Baseline Cut (Marion Cut) 3) Danilovic Cut (By Design) 4) Paint Touch Cut 5) Maggette Cut (Chop Cut)

Hustle - sprinting back on defence, boxing out, diving for loose balls, grabbing every loose ball with 2 hands, setting picks - should come from all players, regardless of talent, athleticism or height.

I’ve been on this hill for years…the best shooting teams are the best passing teams. It’s a great way to connect your team. You won’t make someone a great shooter but great passing will improve everyone’s ability to make shots

Movement and passing make for great offence. The way to great offence is to overcome player self-focus and get them playing as a unit.

All 3 NBA Coach of the Year finalists led their team to overachieve this year. Who do you think deserves the award?

Many coaches when given talent like Tatum and Brown would be satisfied to focus their attention there. The @celtics are a great example of the value of player development. White, Prichard and Hauser have brought that team to a level they would not have reached. #coaching

And only lose by 25 this time? 1 vs 5 offence doesn’t work against a defence like OKC. #NBAPlayoffs

Bickerstaff has this @DetroitPistons team playing with confidence. #NBAPlayoffs

Imagine how good a player James Harden could have been if he wasn’t so lazy. #NBAPlayoffs

This is a fantastic analysis both of the importance of passing and of how to teach it. Both live action and constraints led approaches make sense as the best ways to reinforce and strengthen the skills.

Miami’s Spoelstra is doing a great job in this game of keeping his players in the moment. Lots of runs both ways but both teams are competing hard to the end. #nba #NBAPlayoffs #miamivsAtlanta

In parents' eagerness to build confident young athletes, they often take actions that achieve exactly the opposite. Here's what to do instead, writes @AlexAuerbachPhD

I know at least two people who have not read “Never Split The Difference”

With the @Lakers drafting Bronny, I’m happy for @KingJames . He’s had this as a dream for many years.

The dark secret of capital gains tax during inflation—it taxes you for gaining nothing: If you have $400k in retirement assets, and 25% more money is “printed”, your assets are now worth $500k, but you are no richer. The dollar just became 25% less valuable. Although you are no