I am a maccabi tel aviv fan here in israel, and im telling you cavs fans, you can relax. He is amazing.

@breaknfiction21

6 жыл бұрын

BLASTOYZ this comment didn’t age well...

@machoking2405

3 жыл бұрын

@@breaknfiction21 He was a great coach but LeBron got him fired. He did not want to play in the Princeton offense because it would affect his stats.

I played for David Blatt for 2 seasons in Maccabi. He will be a top 5 coach in the NBA from day one. don't be surprised if you see Cleveland in the playoffs in his first season. He will get the most out of every player on that team. Great breakdown of his playbook by the way! Good stuff!

@SuperLegendkiller21

10 жыл бұрын

EAST wont be surprised if the bucks get in

@lololytisgay

10 жыл бұрын

Hey Richard! Since you played for him for 2 years, I wondering if you could give us fans a semi-brief observation of Mr. Blatt's Defense. Thank you regardless!

@VRH3515

10 жыл бұрын

Coach Blatt is known for his matchup zones and switching defenses. It will be interesting to see how will will incorporate some of his defensive principles with the NBA's Defensive 3 second rules and the spacing that is provided for superstars to isolate. I would expect to see a lot of traps on the superstars in order to get the ball out of his hands and make the weakest link on the court make the decision with the ball. Blatt is also known to for his full court man to man and zone presses. The presses change the rhythm of the game and it's forces the ball into the hands of a non playmaker. If the press is effective, yet doesn't result in a steal, it will force the offense to play with a short clock. It will be interesting to see how the Cavs respond to his fun, yet demanding style. Many of the Cavs will flourish if they embrace and follow his leadership.

@lololytisgay

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard! I appreciate it. I had heard that he was a better defensive coach than offensive so I was curious on what he causally does for Defense. Thank you again!

@danv7153

10 жыл бұрын

Mr Hendrix - Please come back to Maccabi! Remember the amazing atmosphere at Nokia Arena, and the great Tel Aviv Vibe? Sun & beaches babe! In any case, you are a legend here in Tel Aviv, RESPECT from Gate 11, Yalla Maccabi!!!!

That's a good looking offense right there

@YashRamisetty

10 жыл бұрын

other than the stagnant sets, it looks good.

I like how you mentioned the 5 out set at the end looking like Miami's and being the most stagnant set. I was watching the whole video thinking that Miami's offense needs to have a similar level of motion to create easier opportunities. The point guard play wasn't their biggest problem; the lack of motion-oriented offensive sets was.

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

When I started looking at some footage, I saw a lot of that and the plain High PnRs...

Coach we need a Lebron update on the Cleveland team STAT!

Your knowledge of the game is astounding. I'm too young to have this sort of mentality, but watching these videos help understand the details of bball

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! How young are you?

@DanIsrael1211

10 жыл бұрын

24 lol. It's just I've always looked at it from a dribble breakdown perspective. Coaching looks at the game in more of a chess orientation.

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

***** haha, welp - you're on your way! #ImOld #ImIn

Normal people be like: What a Dunk!!! Coach nick be like: What a cut!!!!

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

Haha, I like dunks too!

@lancelotray

10 жыл бұрын

hahahaha im like that too, when my friend cuts to the basket and makes a flashy attack and score, I say " nice cut"

4:07 just a floor passing by...

david blatt was a phenomenal hire. all the players that have played for him, including nba players like anthony parker and jeremy pargo, have said he's the best coach theyve ever played for. supposedly great gameplanner who will win games with strategies and he brings a no bullshit around toughness. alot of pundits i see are comparing him to greg popovich. very excited.

We'll I saw him coach in my country Israel , he is a hell of a coach , defensive and offensive minded coach, fantastic selection by the cavaliers ! Blatt you are in our heart

A better video would be the influence of David Blatt's favorite D- the Match Up Zone

Cleveland: Anthony Bennett - 1º pick 2013 Draft Dion Waiters - 4º pick 2012 Draft Tristan Thompson - 4º pick 2011 Draft Kyrie Irving - 1º pick 2011 Draft XXXXXXX - 1º pick 2014 Draft And they still manage to suck.

@SerialGrunt

10 жыл бұрын

i bet you were saying the same w=thing when the thunder won 15 games with jeff green, russell westbrook, and kevin durant, thabo sefolosha, and shaun livingston. takes time for extremely young teams to develope, and mike brown was AWFUL for them last year. swap brown for a competent coach and they win ATLEAST 8 more games. they lost a shit ton of games down the wire because of game planning and the fact their team is inexperienced. plus they played over .500 after their gm got fired in february. i see no reason this team cant make a huge leap next season and win 46-52 games. very talented.

@alessandroha

10 жыл бұрын

papapapenis Sure they should make it next season, but until this season they really struggled more than they should with players they have. Also they have a lot of credit for being the first team in the NBA to sign Blatt, it´s a very good move.

This euro team could probably make the nba playoff lol

might have to redo this video now LOL

David is well known not only for his perfectionizm but for team work. He knows how to get players to want to work harder, respect one another and not be depended on one or two players. He is a great motivator, teacher and very targetted person. I will be very very surprised if the cavs wont play fast and passionate basketball after adjusting to his system. He has succeded every where he coached and this past season he took a bunch of battered players (many injuries) low budget team and turned them into winners with a spirit that no matter what they will fight till the end, never give up and win. Eventually thay won the european championship beating much better and richer teams with three tines the budget. It will take time but CAV fans will live him. Go CAVS all the way…

I got to see Maccabi win a championship because of this guy. No doubt I'd be looking forward to seeing what he will bring to the Cavs and the NBA. But I'm worried. This is Blatt's first year, and in Europe I haven't really seen complex plays out of him, I did happen to notice a lot of simple pick n rolls out on top. Furthermore, I'm sure he's aware that now he has a 3 second violation rule on defense, so I guess it's about adjusting to the formula more than anything else. Still, he has a lot of positives. He loves to motivate his guys, and everywhere he went to coach, his teammates praised him. He even helped a backup point guard with off court issues win a finals MVP.

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

It will be fascinating to see from a culture standpoint how he integrates

Even this video makes it look like Parker doesn't want to be in Cleveland!

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

haha

Thanks for the video. I'm excited to watch this coach in the NBA. Keep these videos coming!

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

Don't get too excited yet, lol. Let's see what happens today.

Nice!! I'm glad you did this video coach I was very curious about the sets he ran after I learned he played for Pete Carril

I can't imagine this system with Kyrie and Waiters those two would rather iso than do a damn play. But I see this effective for Deng,Jack and Varejao those 3 are unselfish and all are willing passers.

@SerialGrunt

10 жыл бұрын

deng's gone. dude can barely move anymore. cavs getting a fresher 3 tomorrow in parker or wiggins

After watching this I think the Cavs made a great hire. I see plenty of opportunities for Kyrie and Dion to co exist beautifully together. This is going to be a far departure from Mike Brown's "give Lebron/Kyrie the ball and let him dribble for 20 seconds" genius offense.

Great video coach nick, keep it up

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! #ImIn

fist down is my favorite 2k play and im a point guard

@Miltonman100

10 жыл бұрын

Man i love running Horns in 2k lol I learn alt from coaches breakdown

@kuya4003

10 жыл бұрын

Miltonman100 My favorite plays are Horns Down Fist DBL, and Horns Away (Knicks Playbook)

@Miltonman100

10 жыл бұрын

H0M0S3XU4LP4NTH3R Most people i play either call quick isolation and run the "Let the boys play" offense or they charge into the paint and get a BS foul call or make some weird layup over me

Nice breakdown coach, first time I see someone do this for my team

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! #ImIn

I bet mike brown doesnt even know half of these offensive sets. Huge upgrade, especially since we saw the success of teamplay/euroball this season with the spurs. Dont be shocked to see the cavs easily making the playoffs next year especially if they nail the first pick. This guy is perfect for kyrie and waiters as he thinks team first as opposed to brown who would just allow his young players to learn bad habbits on offense chucking up shot after shot. Great breakdown!!!

Haha love the offense walkthrough

BBALLBREAKDOWN, time for an update! New breakdown on how the Cavs will look with the return of the king!

you should do a video about the defense he runs too! im a maccabi fan and i saw allot of of his games, the defense is amazing (especially at he final 4 against real madrid)

i should watch his games from 2010 season strategy.... full court pressure most of the game was beautiful and worked magic!!!!!

Parker doesn't want to go to Cleveland

@armendebate6752

10 жыл бұрын

jimmy c So he'd rather go to the bucks?

@brockhopkins8408

10 жыл бұрын

Ron Underwear He's from the Midwest so he prefers to be close to home.

@steelsmack

10 жыл бұрын

Brock Hopkins Ohio is in the Midwest. He's from Chicago, so Milwaukee makes a lot of sense. Plus being "the man" in Milwaukee vs. being Kyrie's sidekick in Cleveland, no surprise he wants to go to the Bucks.

@LawGuyCLE

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his dad lives in Chicago and requires dialysis regularly. It made it hard for him to go to college games in N.C. but if he goes to the Bucks it'll be a lot easier for him to see his kid play. I'm a Cavs fan and would love him on our team, but I kind of hope for his sake he goes to Milwaukee.

@lolpauve

10 жыл бұрын

Ron Underwear According to Jalen Rose, that's 1h of a car ride from Chicago.

WOW why didn't the writers at the plain dealer perform this analysis. Thank You, now I know what to expect

You should revisit this video and do it again

Wow those are some very nice looking plays. Hopefully the Cavs will have the players to run these effectively. I'd imiagine they should.

Great pick up by the cavs . If im a cavs fan Id be really happy right now . I remember when blat turned around the russian national team to win fiba europe .

Coach Nick can you tell us your predictions on how Steve Kerr will run the Warriors if the Love trade doesn't happen. I'm curious if our defense will stay the same and if we can win more than 50 wins.

@jegbryrmegikke1

10 жыл бұрын

your defense sucks anyways ;)

@charliebju8286

10 жыл бұрын

Jens Petter Lund No.

@jegbryrmegikke1

10 жыл бұрын

Sure, letting in 99.5 points per game is superior defense...How is that good defense ?

@charliebju8286

10 жыл бұрын

Jens Petter Lund Context. Warriors had a lot of injuries this season.

@jegbryrmegikke1

10 жыл бұрын

Bulls had too, but they still managed to play tough and good defense

Now I know why they call him the Popovich of Europe! Great Stuff

king david

You gotta update this.

Coach Nick! what do you think of the Heat going to the Dribble Drive Offense? I think with the talent that they have, that offense will work very well for them.

BBALLBREAKDOWN Coach Nick can you show the Nets offensive Jason Kidd had set up last season. also a thought of a healthy Deron Williams OF Utah and Healthy Brook Lopez

wish he had taken the assistant coach job at gsw. his sets look really fancy lol.

I can see Wiggins doing more than expected this season in this offense.

can you make a "part 2" to this video please. I'd like to see how LeBron and love would change the functionality of this offense. like will kyrie be the primary ballhandler or will it be LeBron?

Watching this now and thinking to myself what next years NY Knick team will look like running this offense ;) Frank/Hardaway=Waiters/Kyrie, KP=isos, Enes/Hernangomez=triangle post.. Wonder how good their draft pick will be this summer.

דייויד, בהצלחה מכל הלב, מפרגנים לך מבמזרח התיכון :)

Just wondering if they played this offense to the letter. Thanks coach. :)

@MegaBadzilla

9 жыл бұрын

teemacdaddy nope lebron told blatt to fuck off about 4 weeks into the season

Great stuff. You gotta think if Blatt is what he's supposed to be he'll find a way to get Kyrie and Waiters to work together. Obviously two stud guards can coexist, there should be plenty to go around for both of them to get 20+ per game and start winning some games.

@mUsr001

10 жыл бұрын

yeah in maccabi tel aviv he had tyrice rice, hickman and ohayon who are all ball dominant guards and he made co-exist perfectly.

So Coach, how does things change with Wiggins in?

2:33 I thought you were gonna say '' One of his patented ankle breakers''

im MACCABIs fan - go CAVS wish Blatts best luck!

Do an update! with Lebron and possibly K. Love

I think 2 Down will work exceptionally with the Cavs' new acquisitions, Mike Miller and James Jones. Definitely with Mike Miller, since he can put the ball on the floor and make the pass, too. Jones, on the other hand, is basically just a shooter. So if he doesn't get a good look, they'll just reset and start a new play. And if they get Allen, this play will be even better.

How does Blatt's style of offense fare against both the triangle and motion offense, given all three systems have the necessary pieces to make them run efficiently? Could his system surpass said systems as a more effective or possibly a more superior style of offense in the NBA? I'm a triangle fan myself.

Very free flowing plays I like it. The court is too small to run set plays properly. is it possible to give a few rules to the players to follow so they can play unpredictable and defense adjustable?

You should do an update version to see how do you think Lebron and Wiggins will affect him.

Well I don't think the roster upheaval is done yet but Wiggins can play the 2 or the 3. THey need a shooter at this point because Wiggins and Irving both would like to attack the rim as their first option.

Coach Nick can we get an updated version now that Lebron is coming back? Ray Allen could be that catch and shoot player

Man as a die hard Cavs fan, Kyrie please no more "pouting" I hope that players buy into the system because imagine Kyrie, Waiters, Jack and Harris through those catch and shoot screens with Waiters and Wiggins cutting in and so on. Lets go Cavs!! good breakdown! :)

Geez watching this video now and looking at the projected Cavs starting five compared to what it was for him. I wonder if he'd still have the job if he had gotten a young team who wanted to play for him like Cleveland planned on until they found out LeBron was interested in a return. A few weeks before Blatt got hired I asked my dad (a pro basketball journalist) if an NBA team had ever hired a coach from Europe. Then oddly enough Blatt got hired. I really hope he gets another shot in the NBA one day, I love Blatt as a coach and really feel as if that job was set up for him to fail with Lue being hired as the highest paid assistant AND the second candidate for HIS job along with the fact that he ended up with a team that wasn't built for him. He also made the mistake of equating Europe to the NBA, which even as a huge Euroleague fan I know is far from the truth. He'll probably go back to Europe this year, but hopes to return to the NBA one day which like I said, I really want to see.

BBALLBREAKDOWN Euro league breakdowns for our summer fix pls

Damn coach Nick, your complexion really changes when you switch shirts lol

Now what does he like to do for defence? I'm curious, because a lot of people always say defence wins championships

@DanGolag

10 жыл бұрын

Blatt is probably even better as a defensive coordinator than offensive one. His most recent teams were very small, and had trouble rebounding the ball, but even so I don't think he's coached a team that was out of the top 3 defensively (aside from Efes Pilsen, which lost a lot of players due to financial complications mid-season) in any of the tournaments he's participated in in the past decade.

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

Gal Dagon Interesting. He'll have to adjust if he wants to use zone - rules are a little different, but I'll be watching to see

@lennartschultz4189

10 жыл бұрын

Defence in Europe is a lot better than in the NBA, so I'm interested to see what the coach will do about it as well.

@t4d0W

10 жыл бұрын

Preaching defense is easy. Hell Mark Jackson did that for The Dubs and for his 2nd year, he got them playing top 5 defense and one of the best teams to contest jumpers. Sadly it also got his glass cannon not firing at all, being only 13th in the league in offense. But If you have a sound offensive philosophy in place and the personnel, defense is not that hard to follow up. The problem right now is the Cavs don't have a rim protector and no one to check on wings.

@ReCharredSigh

10 жыл бұрын

Grade2efficient I wanted to disagree with you, since defense is really important and I feel you're underselling it, but you do have a point. assuming your defensive schemes are sound, and you don't have 5 drastically bad defenders on the court at one time, the most important keys in nba team defense are multiple hard efforts, communication from your bigs about where the picks are coming from, and knowing the opponent's tendencies. if your team is willing to be held accountable and is well-disciplined, they will most likely defend fine; those two things are probably why mike d'antoni and don nelson's teams never defended well.

popovich and the spurs just swept the heat. i thought you would talk more of him. and im the heat fan. lol i like your show coach keppit up

@oMaJoJ

10 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the 5 game sweep

Their point guard reminded me of Ty Lawson

any chance of re-doing this now that we know lebron and wiggins will be on team?

Dribble Weave, excellent.😀😀😀 I actually like 5-Out Motion Offense = Pass-Cut-& Fill with at least 2 passes BEFORE ATTACK !!!

I'm cheering for Cavs next season, that's for sure.

I'm looking forward to seeing more structured offense at the NBA. Hopefully the Spurs has set the tone and the rest of the league will follow suit. I'm tired of watching isolations all the time. Let's flip the page and end the one-on-one style of play

You should do this video lebron, love and the new shooters

You should do this again, adding wiggins and LEBRON!! Let us see some nice action :)

make a new one with the updated roster

@bballbreakdown that offense looks like the offense spurs ran in the final

Please PM this to Kyrie Irving. He may still want to leave, but at least he should take a look first.

These sets look almost like a page from the Spurs offense playbook. Does the Cavs really have the personnel, b-ball IQ, and culture (you know how Irving and Waiters don't get along very well) to execute them?

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

It's going to take a while, for sure

@BenBariach

10 жыл бұрын

On top of being a fantastic coach, Blatt is well known in Israel for being able to fill the squad with the right pieces. It might take time, but he'll instill the culture in the organization.

Can we get this updated with lebron and mike m

the raptors run a similar fist down play with the weave and an elbowish screen

I was too tired i saw the title as How David Blatt Will Ruin The Cavaliers Offense hahahaha

Bennett is going to have a comeback year draining threes in this offense.

@cam508

10 жыл бұрын

Don't think he can get worse

How David Blatt Will Run The Knicks Offense

I read it as "will ruin"

@bballbreakdown

10 жыл бұрын

haha, it'll be better than last year

How does this change with Lebron and Love in Cleveland?

Since andrew wiggins was drafted, does this mean there are more shooters for the offense that blatt run?

Talk about Knicks trade

So I guess his offensive action looks better with LeBron and the potential of Love. ***** if you were GM for Cleveland would you offer Irving & Waiters for Love, LaVine & Dieng? I believe they could get that in return because Irving is locked up and I think with LeBron running point forward and Wiggins abilities it might be a better match.

i think this video needs to be updated now that the cavs signed lebron and mike miller!

Now they have Allan and Miller for three point shooting including lbj

I must say that there offense runs a lot smoother than the Heat's do

maybe this could've come after the draft

This is what the Blazers need.

I thought kyrie isn't that good at using the pick ? is is gonna work for the fist down play? o

You might get this to work for the starters, but the Cavs bench is full of guys like Alonzo Gee, Tyler Zeller and Matt Dellavedova. The management just doesn't know how to find good role players and it's been like that forever. Even with this guy, the Doc Rivers/Tom Thibodeau protégé Tyronn Lue and three #1 and two #4 picks from the last four drafts the Cavs are going to find a way to suck.

i would more than likely trade down if i was the cavs or draft jabari parker

Coach Nick how's it gonna be now that Lebron's on the team?

can you do this again with our actual #1 pick Andrew wiggins

i really think that Cavs will bequite good team with Blatt and Parker or Wiggins. Hope Kyrie will go crazy in n ext season

Can you breakdown why my cavs decided to take wiggins over Embiid?

@oMaJoJ

10 жыл бұрын

Embiid got hurt and it scared them off, because they're trying to make the playoffs this year and they don't know if it's just a sign of things to come.

so now there will be even more 3-point shots? :/ there isn't enough post-up action nowadays.

how's this gonna change now that they've taken Wiggins instead?

Should be great in NY in the future.. Just hope they land Doncic somehow

Cool vid but Gilbert wants Wiggins