On Triano's new book and Calderon

A quick thought before some things: Jay Triano has published a book called Basketball Basics, How to Play Like the Pros. Steve Nash is on the cover and wrote a very nice forward. There are tips and quotes from the likes of Manu Ginobili and Candace Parker and some great photos. I looked through the book on the subway on the way home from the game and found it very reassuring in the sense that a guy who has played at the highest level internationally and coached at the highest level professionally is still preaching the bedrock fundamentals of the game: dribbling, passing, catching, shooting and footwork. This is obviously a book aimed at kids – all the models for the how-to photos are young teenagers, including some guy named Dustin Triano – and as a result emphasizes that to play the game well you have to understand and be... [read full story]                    

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