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- When Steve Kerr first took over the Golden State Warriors he had a vision of what their offense would look like, but had not yet diagrammed it.
- At an airport bar with assistant coach Bruce Fraser, a bartender asked Kerr how the team’s offense would run.
- Kerr then took parts of the charcuterie board he was sharing with Fraser and moved almonds and cranberries to show how players would move.
For four seasons now, the Golden State Warriors have been the NBA’s most dominant offense thanks to a high-octane system that promotes ball and player movement and, of course, three-pointers.
But it’s easy to forget that in 2014, when Steve Kerr became head coach, he was taking over a team that underwhelmed on offense and often played a stagnant, one-on-one system.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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