The Spurs Defense From A Coaching Perspective

The Spurs have the #1 ranked defense, and under Gregg Popovich it is very well coached. I studied the defense from a coaching vantage point, for example looking closely at the matchups used, and how the Spurs defended post ups.
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[@XxXStoneFingerXxX]

I love how at 5:10 kawhi doesn't leave his feet to contest the three, but stays low and defends the drive pretty well

[@taahasiddiqui1071]

When will people learn how to post the right time stamp always posting late

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[@raghurampurohit5251]

I think people underrate Kyle Anderson. He may not have any offensive game, but there's a reason he gets those minutes, he's very good defensively.

[@unnwas]

raghuram purohit And passing too.

[@tommyxiao872]

Nichollas Vasconcelos I think he's more like an athletic diaw.

[@lolricemore]

Great video Coach !

[@RydATube]

Awesome Video Coach Daniel

[@Convisis]

Great stuff Daniel, glad you're back at it 👍🏻

[@PanzehVideos]

Impressive for a team with David Lee and Pau Gasol to have such a good defense.

[@theOnyFUFU]

It's because they had 3 of the best perimeter defenders in the game: Kawhi, Green & Simmons. As long as Lee and Gasol know their rotations on D, those 3 guys can make up for their lack of D.

[@cloudduel13]

Great analysis man.

[@pushingblocks]

Thanks for sharing this... From 7:10 - 7:58 these are late switches. Not really a strategy rather a reaction to an emergency situation. In these examples the ball carrier's defender gets crunched on the screen and thus they must "late switch"... They teach this as part of all conservative coverage's.

[@coachdaniel8163]

You just explained the strategy lol. Just because they don't use it in every P&R doesn't mean it isn't a strategy.

[@pushingblocks]

But they're not trying to "late switch" it's only because the ball carrier's defender gets f'd up on the screen... If they wanted to switch it they would just switch to underneath the big(screener).

[@pushingblocks]

They're in conservative coverage, (drops/soft or weak), and "late switch" is the bail out when the players F it up.

[@coachdaniel8163]

This late switch is different than a normal switch where the two defenders hand each other off. The on-ball defender goes over the screen to prevent the 3 and the big contains. The Spurs do this on a regular basis. Just because it is a bit improvised does not mean it is not a strategy and not talked about in film sessions.

[@pushingblocks]

I understand what your saying, but you need to realise that this only occurs because the ball carriers defender gets caught up on the screen and taken out of the play. This is certainly not their intended strategy. The offense has a 2 on 1 situation so the screeners defender must commit to the ball to prevent a layup, which forces them to late switch... In some ways the name of it should tell you that its not an intended part of their strategy, i mean i can think of no situation on defence where you want to be late... ("they go over the screen to prevent the 3"), Switching normally already prevents the 3 but doesn't leave you with no one between the screener and the rim... ("they discuss this in film sessions"/"Spurs do this on a regular basis") It is the emergency response when the players make a mistake on conservative coverage. They most likely talk about in training camp when they do work on coverage, it comes up a lot because its extremely hard to play D in the nba or any any decent league really.

[@romarrivera4495]

would love a vid of the Houston Rokets offence

[@andreialexandruparfeni7129]

Romar Rivera Bballbreakdown has done 2 or 3 videos on it.

[@romarrivera4495]

tteverywhere 97 thanx bro ill check them out

[@coachdaniel8163]

It's coming.

[@kylepau8362]

Hi could you compare the defense of the 80's/90's vs the todays defense? Because i really love watching defenses in the nba so i really want to see who really benefitted from the rule change

[@coachdaniel8163]

Probably not right now as I'm focused on the current NBA.

[@jorgee3934]

Maaaannnn, I first came across this today (‘19) and, wow, how fast does time go! Five seconds into the first words and I couldn’t lol

[@jasondixon4275]

Great video.

[@coachprescott72]

Stellar work

[@RemmyGold416]

Thank u

[@theOnyFUFU]

Based on this video (and watching a bunch of their playoff games) and looking at the stats, I think the Spurs were better off resigning Simmons and trying to trade Aldridge. Even a salary dump woulda been worth it. The lineup versatility with Simmons/Green/Kawhi was insane and those 3 together would've been great in the future vs. GSW and Houston!

[@ahmetozerdem8059]

Coach I am waiting for your Hawks offense observation.

[@naverap7642]

Damm Daniel

[@Atsley]

Can you make a video on why okc's offense

[@LinusLogic]

i clicked on this video soo fast 🔥🔥

[@Psheezyy]

Hey Daniel, quick question- where do you get your game footage from?

[@andreialexandruparfeni7129]

12nd.

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[@theprocessss]

what's song on the background

[@coachdaniel8163]

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[@felixbenkenstein4904]

Are you sure that Parker is considerably worse than Mills on D? I don't think so. Patty might be a great pest when he defends a ballhandler. But he gets hung up on screens more often than Parker. Tony also committs fewer mental lapses on D since he knows the system better. Patty's slight stature is a further disadvantage. Tony's main disadvantage on D is that he has accumulated a lot of miles, the same thing that has contributed to his decloine on offense

[@coachdaniel8163]

Yes. He's so much slower than Mills and that has a great impact. For example no way Parker would have gotten the steal Mills did at the end of the video.

[@lyrad4584]

sadly Tony's speed is significantly slower than when he is in his prime which is needed to guard the perimeter. but none the less he's still kicking ass out there one way or another

[@megag52]

vid needs a bit more structure. kind of just a bunch of random statements. no need cohesion. hard to follow

[@0401412740]

+Nick this video is like a schizophrenic mental health patient edited it. needs more structure.

[@edubvb5193]

its just a video admiring the great defensive structure.

[@porkypinetv9788]

Basically pop doesnt rely on one player only... No wonder bron wants him so much

[@theodoresiasat559]

“Except for last night when he had 30” 😂😂😂

[@jspurs22]

This why Spurs are always 1 or 2 seed

[@supa3ek]

Same offensive play by everyone nowadays ! The high screen then roll to basket. It's what rockets play 95% and it's getting boring !

[@benwallace5364]

supa3ek If it aint broke dont fix it

[@lance6554]

3:43

[@lance6554]

4:07

[@cxian]

but but.. they blew a 22 point lead.. lol

[@dynamicduo6836]

It was to golden state with 4 all stars and 2 mvp hall of famers. Kawhi is just by himself.

[@megag52]

try to have a consistent theme yr trying to teach and connect the diff plays by this. its very hard for the human brain to follow 400 bits of diff info. its like me teaching you human biology and saying "the function unit of the kidney is the nephron" "nerves cells are effective conductors because of the myelinated sheath" "the 2 bones in the forearm are call the radius and ulnar" quite hard with these random bits. better to have an idea yr trying to show like "this structure is what the spurs contently have on D and it because them because of X" then show a diff bunch of clips that demonstrate yr point and go into the finer details of yr main statement

[@JianShan-hk8jt]

THIS IS BECAUSE SIMMONS CAN NOT GUARD BIG MAN

[@ahmetozerdem8059]

Great video Coach!