Fran Fraschilla, Igor Kokoškov Playbook, and The NBA Finals
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Welcome to the Slappin’ Glass “Sunday Mornin’ Newsletter”! We’re sharing the best ideas, strategies, and coaches from around the world for you to enjoy over your morning coffee.
This week we sat down with a basketball icon, did a deep-dive on an offensive genius, and snuck in an NBA Finals Primer at the buzzer.
Let’s dive in…
Slappin’ Glass Podcast
ESPN basketball analyst and former Division 1 Head Coach, Fran Fraschilla, is well known for his generosity in sharing both his time and knowledge of the game with fans of basketball far and wide. That energy and passion to teach, share, and grow the game came striking through this week as we sat down with Coach Fraschilla in our latest Slappin’ Glass Podcast.
Among the many topics we discussed, some highlights include:
What the best coaches do in practice to teach decision-making
The best European basketball trends
And of course… this great Hubie Brown impersonation…
Thank you to all those who continue to share the podcast and reach out with kind words. Our goal is to continue to provide valuable, usable, and thought-provoking content through these conversations.
*Special Podcast Note: We have an exciting “Special Edition” podcast episode coming this week! Along with our normal Friday coaching conversation, on Wednesday we’ll also be releasing our interview with the Wall Street Journal’s NBA writer, Ben Cohen, who recently released a fantastic book about “The Hot Hand”. We get into the weeds about the history and science of the Hot Hand, as well as the usefulness of his findings for coaches, players, and making tough decisions. It was a blast.
Igor Kokoškov Playbook
One of the questions we get most often (and one we like to ask too), is “Who are the best coaches in Europe to study?” It’s a difficult question, as there are tons of fabulous coaches all over Europe, but without question Igor Kokoškov would be in our Top 5. This week we put out a playbook breakdown of what he’s been running in his 1st season with Fenerbahce.
Click here to get the PDF’s of some of our favorite sets from this breakdown.
NBA Finals Primer
On Wednesday we put together this Primer on the NBA Finals. The special edition newsletter goes through all the various breakdowns we’ve done on both teams. Hopefully you can go through it before the series is over…
Sets of the Week
{Slovenia- KK Primorska - Horns-Flex- Hook} Absolutely love this action. The “Hook” screen and timing really make this unique.
{Moncho Fernandez - Early Offensive Actions} Another one of our favorite coaches in Europe is Coach Fernandez and his Obradoiro club. In this clip you’ll see why…
{Andrea Trinchieri - Off Ball PnR Defense} Coach Trinchieri is legendary for his offensive mind, but here are two clips of his great Defensive tactics used this season in covering off-ball PnR movement.
The Best of the World Wide Web
Big thanks to Coach Connor Harr for including his detailed notes from our podcast with Ryan Panonne in his newsletter. His newsletter is fantastic.
A great compilation of the best set plays from the month of September
How to Be Successful, from Sam Altman
Have a great week, and if you enjoyed the content please pass it along to someone you think would benefit as well.
Thanks again,
Dan and Pat