What’s Your Paint Game?
Barkley talks about the importance of getting paint touches. The following post was borrowed from Bob Starkey at HoopThoughts.Blogspot.com For the large majority of us, we are well into the beginning of the off-season. A major part of the off-season for the best of coaches is a thorough review of their system of play. As I view the NBA plays-offs, my question to us is this: WHAT'S YOUR PAINT GAME? I'm a strong believer that championships are won in the paint. This speaks to both offensive and defensive philosophies. In 2011, the Miami Heat lost in six games to the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs dominated the paint and the Heat settled for jump shots far too many times. In that off-season, LeBron James called up Hakeem Olajuwon and asked him if he would work with him that summer on his paint game. You have to give great credit to LJ for first recognizing what he need to work on to improve his game and then for not hes...