This is Coach Nick we’re talking about here.

Enough with this idiot

Go to 2:00. Nick shows a play where Kobe hits a turnaround jumper in the post. Nick calls it a tough shot that Dallas was probably happy to give up. On the very next clip, he shows Jordan hitting a turnaround jumper from an almost equivalent distance from the basket and calls it a good shot.

I’d expect a little slop from Jordan during the NBA season, but in the playoffs Jordan went to and stayed at another level.

i kinda block out his comments on what makes a player better than another player and more try to focus on the actual coaching aspects, what play is being run, whats the purpose of the plays. To me thats all interesting and having someone break down that information so i can see how every player is involved in a coaches plays, and more or less how damn intricate the nba play calling system is….to me that is gold. I like that coach nicks vids have a bit of flamboyancy to them, in terms of its good information (in terms of the play calling) but its also quick and has enough razzle dazzle where i can play the videos in front of friends or families who are less serious about basketball without them being bored out of their minds. Pruiti i think does a far better job of analysis (and showing multiple examples of why he considers what he considers) but its often slower paced and more informative. Its great for when im on my own, but if i ever played those vids for other people, id be killed.

I think coach nick’s videos are also done in response to whatever emails he gets, since he makes the vids shorts (and isnt very good at hiding bias) you get vids like this one where you really arent being told anything you shouldnt already know. You dont need this video to know that jordan was better at finding ways to score the ball, his ts and general fg% already says that.

The best analysis of this video might have been what jordan does compared to kobe in essentially the same system off the ball. Jordan was almost RIP like when it came to moving without the ball, and was far more willing to step away from the ball and the play to give his team mates room where kobe was almost a statue without the ball.

I think it would have been far better for coach nick to show kobe and jordans team against the jazz, who essentially have kept a consistent system (offensively and defensively) it would have been far easier to draw comparisons, and the closest thing to a constant.