If you’re a fan of hoops X’s and O’s, you’re very familiar with Gregg Popovich’s hammer play as part of San Antonio’s beautiful game. Against Orlando on Monday night, Former Spurs assistant coach and now Celtics head coach Ime Udoka ran some of that magic in their first preseason game.
Since Media Day last week, Udoka has been stressing pace and sharing the basketball. That’s translated to a fast read-and-react offense where the ball is whipping around the court. He dubbed it “point five;” in half a second, you have to decide to either shoot it, pass it, or drive the ball.