Curious here. Does anyone in the NBA run a system similar to Oats? Would his system translate in the NBA? I dont watch the NBA while the college game is in full swing and dont have a team that I care to pull for. Who knows, KC may get a team again. I liked the Kings when Nate Archibald played for them.

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Posted by McGregor

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Posted on 2/26/24 at 8:29 am to mrbroker

Wipe the slate clean.

Getting Wague and Wrightsell back.

4 to play with a chance to win the regular season. Let that sink in for a second.

Let's go! RTR!

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Posted by AbSnopes

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Member since Dec 2020

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Posted on 2/26/24 at 8:44 am to mrbroker

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Does anyone in the NBA run a system similar to Oats?

Maybe it would be more accurate to say Oats runs the system most all NBA teams run. For example. Oats doesn't play zone defense, and NBA outlaws zone defenses. Oats plays fast, and the NBA has a 24 second clock requiring teams to play fast. Oats wants to play 5 out for spacing on offense, and most all NBA teams do that. NBA teams may have 7'2" 350 lb big men, many from Eastern Europe, but those guys can all shoot threes. Oats signed in the fall Aiden Sherrell, whom he calls our ideal center. Sherrell is 6'10" 215 and can drain threes. Oats would love to have Ryan Kalkbrenner from Creighton but not Zach Edey because Kalkbrenner can drain threes, but Edey has made only 1 three this year.

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Posted by Diego Ricardo

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Posted on 2/26/24 at 9:20 am to mrbroker

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Curious here. Does anyone in the NBA run a system similar to Oats? Would his system translate in the NBA? I dont watch the NBA while the college game is in full swing and dont have a team that I care to pull for. Who knows, KC may get a team again. I liked the Kings when Nate Archibald played for them.

I think his approach shares some similarities to the Steve Kerr Warriors. Dubs are very much a 3pt, layup, dunk predicated offense but they do have some mid-range game because the NBA court setup incentivizes it more than college. Additionally, the Dubs defense really only works well when they have a versatile forward who can just about guard all 5 positions adequately. I'd argue the downward trend of the Dubs is directly related to Klay Thompson losing his ability on defense but even more importantly Draymond Green being completely busted.

Alabama, to that point, is basically only ever good on defense when they have someone like Herb or Clowney.

This post was edited on 2/26/24 at 9:21 am

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