DENVER (USA) - The coach that is not open to other ideas, that is unwilling to study different approaches on the basketball court, that doesn't want to keep learning, is destined to fail.
Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman stressed that after his team's 135-120 victory over the Indiana Pacers this week.
"People are creative all over the world..." he said.
We ran catch and shoot plays from the French Women's national team
"So you kinda look for stuff everywhere. If you don’t, you stop learning, that’s when you lose.
"Especially in the off-season, you get a chance to kind of take a deep breath and dive into film."
It turns out that one team that Adelman, now in his first full season as head coach of the Nuggets, has drawn inspiration from is the France women's national side.
"Like we ran catch and shoot plays from the French women’s national team," he said. "I watch everything. I watch high school summer league. You find things."
France reached the Paris 2024 final and put up their fiercest battle against the USA but lost 66–67 to the star-loaded American team.
Foreign players in the league can also bring a fresh approach that helps clubs.
Three-time league MVP Nikola Jokic of Serbia plays for the Nuggets.
"The players that come into our league over these years have made the game so much better," Adelman said.
"It's a different game because of it. It’s great. It's a very entertaining game and then what you saw in the Olympics, what you’re gonna see at the Olympics coming up, is as good as it gets in any sport in my opinion so yeah, it's a great time being a basketball fan."
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