OT The Obtuse Triangle

_GB · Jun 24, 2015

I found the idea of Triangle particularly intriguing. An offensive system that had won all those championships in full public view yet remained off-limits to others — that seemed provocative, a sports riddle.
So I decided to spend the season reading Winter’s book while talking about the triangle with some of the more thoughtful basketball people I could find — all as a means of slowing the fast game down, getting closer to something I liked a lot that regularly eluded me.

Was Triangle the golden basketball mean? Was it a mirage?
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I headed (by telephone) to the Research Triangle, to consult Mike Krzyzewski at Duke.
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Had he thought of trying the triangle? The idea seemed to startle him.

It was so successful, I ventured. “The triangle didn’t win crap!” he said sternly. “Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant! Whatever offense I run, that offense didn’t do it. Winning means you had the caliber of players capable of winning a championship.”

Then he seemed to want to soothe the situation. “I have nothing against the triangle,” he said. “I think it’s a great offense. But it’s a lot better if Jordan loves it or Kobe loves it.”
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Our conversation was ending, and again Krzyzewski was unable to resist applying a little defensive pressure, saying, “The triangle’s not working in New York, by the way.”
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Some select Horace Grant, and Steve Kerr (the coach) quotes deeper in the text.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/sports/basketball/phil-jackson-knicks-triangle-offense-nba.html

Denny Crane · Jun 24, 2015

Good read.

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