Today was a first for me in 25 years of NBA broadcasting…being called into the film room by the head coach, along with the beat writers to view practice tape. But this is what Mike Brown is all about.
Mike was talking to Brian Windhorst, Mary Schmitt Boyer, David Glazier, Joe Gabriele and yours truly about what he has been preaching to his guys this camp about hockey assists, which I had related in an earlier blog. So, to illustrate the point, Mike said "c'mon, I'll show you"…and he did…on the big screen in the Cavs new theatre room. He reviewed two plays from practice, stopping and starting, then illustrating his example of penetration and ball movement, leading to easier scoring chances.
Mike went on to say this camp has been close to a 50-50 split of practice time and emphasis on offense-defense….and I’ve seen that first hand…his first season, he felt defense was stressed 95 percent of the time, and last season, a 70-30 ratio…the point being, defense had to be established first and foremost as an identity for this team, and it has…now, the emphasis is to bolster the offense through people and ball movement to turn the Cavs into a championship team…the result will be a more fluid offense, and they will be much harder to defend.
We’ll see it on display for the first time tomorrow night at The Q against the Wizards…tune in at 7:00 p.m. on FSN Ohio.
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