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 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: Jason Kidd gives his players written tests on game days |
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http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/09/jason-kidd-gives-his-players-written-tests-on-game-days/
| Quote: | Jason Kidd gives his players written tests on game days
Jason Kidd got off to a slow start in his rookie season as head coach in Brooklyn, and that’s part of the reason he landed in Milwaukee after just one season with the Nets.
Rumblings that Kidd’s job was in jeopardy last December led him to seek more power within the organization to solidify his position once the season was finished, and when that didn’t go over well with the folks in the Nets front office, the Bucks swooped in and scooped him up.
Milwaukee has been better than expected to start the season, and currently sits at .500 in sixth place in the East. And the unique way in which Kidd prepares his players certainly has something to do with it.
From Zach Lowe of Grantland:
Kidd gives his players a written test every game day, a trick he picked up from Rick Carlisle and Terry Stotts in Dallas, he says.2 The tests ask about strategy and basketball history — everything from diagramming a particular set to naming the first coach of the Miami Heat. The coaching staff grades each one and keeps a running tally of player scores through the season.
“I’m not gonna lie,” Antetokounmpo says. “Sometimes I cheat and ask the older guys.”
Kidd hopes the players cheat. He noticed in Dallas how the tests got young guys talking about strategy, and he wants to foster the same kind of dialogue among Milwaukee’s players. Kidd is sometimes unsure the young foreign-born players understand instructions in English, and the discussion gives them another way to absorb coaching, he says.
It’s far from unprecedented to see a coach quizzing his players on strategy; Jeff Hornacek was seen doing this verbally in a candid locker room video that the Suns published last season.
But it is a window into how Kidd has achieved some of his early-season success. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:38 am Post subject: |
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| Pretty good idea actually. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| Do it Mitch? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Naming the first coach of the Miami Heat? Why is that a test question?
What happens if someone consistently does poorly on the tests? |
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| Steve007 wrote: | Naming the first coach of the Miami Heat? Why is that a test question?
What happens if someone consistently does poorly on the tests? |
Maybe they get traded because they are a poor teammate.
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| Steve007 wrote: | Naming the first coach of the Miami Heat? Why is that a test question?
What happens if someone consistently does poorly on the tests? |
A question like that would force the player to go look it up...and in the process of looking it up, maybe learn a thing or two about the history of the NBA. The point of the test is to improve engagement...especially with players who are young, and maybe don't play much. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I have to admit Jason Kidd is a much better coach than I gave him credit for he's making the Bucks a viable playoff team in the East. |
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| This is funny because in school, Kidd had a reputation of being a bit of a dum dum. |
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He's doing a great job there in Milwaukee.
Even with Parker out, they will do fine.
Antetekoumpo (or whatever) has star written on.
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| SuperboyReformed wrote: | | This is funny because in school, Kidd had a reputation of being a bit of a dum dum. |
On the floor, he was a genius.
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question 7:
How can a cup of water be used as a timeout? |
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Wouldn't be shocking if Kidd flunked his own tests.
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| Quote: | | .500 is sixth place in the East |
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| Laker_Town wrote: | question 7:
How can a cup of water be used as a timeout? |
I thought it was soda? |
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| Basketball Fan wrote: | | I have to admit Jason Kidd is a much better coach than I gave him credit for he's making the Bucks a viable playoff team in the East. |
Also, he seems a calm calculating douche, which means he might actually be pretty decent for the whole coach/gm thing (these animated coaches like doc and svg, yuck).
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