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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4824791, member: 1414"]
The 3's or Paint shot chart is part of it. The other part is emphasis on moving the ball without the dribble and constant motion of players off the ball. There's still a lot of ISO out there on other teams.  Trying to get your star to beat his man and collapse the D.  Even NBA guys revert to that at times.

Think back to the Ollie years and early Hurley years and fans here were griping about [U]not having anybody who could beat their man[/U].  You don't hear that now, even though we probably don't have anybody except maybe Castle that can break down a defender one on one.  Last year we didn't have a single guy who could except Sanogo and he had to get the ball in close for that.  Yet our offense is elite.

So yes, running modern motion offense and emphasizing quality shots is fantastic preparation for the NBA.  We also practice defending against it in practice.  I think players are seeing it and UConn is going to become an absolute NBA pipeline.  I think it also makes Hurley appealing to the NBA.
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