Brian Shaw Denver Nuggets Play | Santa Clara Play of the Day
The Denver Nuggets are struggling right now. They are 14-20 and Head Coach Brian Shaw is looking for anything to try and fix things. Brian Shaw was a good player for the NBA Los Angeles Lakers and an assistant coach to Phil Jackson there. Right now, He has decided to get rid of the mid-morning shoot-around. He wants to see what it does for the player’s focus. The Denver Nuggets are going to experiment with it for the rest of the season and see how it works. If it doesn’t translate into wins, they will stick with it. He is hoping that it will help their energy and focus for the rest of the season.
Brian Shaw has commented that the Denver Nuggets attention span isn’t the greatest. I personally think that is a cop-out. Allowing the Denver Nuggets to sleep in will make him certainly more popular in the locker room, but the first game that they tried it in. They loss. I don’t believe that the Denver Nuggets have the roster to compete in the loaded western conference, but let’s think about it. Didn’t George Karl compete in this conference just two years ago?
I might not like what the Denver Nuggets are doing with their roster or their pre-game routines, but I do like this play of the day. It gives your point guard three options to pass for a chance to score. It’s a set play that you need to consider.
Santa Clara Men’s Basketball Plays of the Day and Drills of the Week come from the Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff.
Head Coach Kerry Keating is entering his eighth season at Santa Clara University in 2014-15, Kerry Keating has led the Broncos to two post-season tournament victories in the last four years. This coming season he will have nine freshmen and sophomores on the roster.
The Broncos won 14 games in 2013-14 and saw Jared Brownridge break seven school records on the way to being named WCC Newcomer of the Year. Brownridge was also a finalist for the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American. Brandon Clark was named to the All-WCC Honorable Mention team and Julian Clarke as named to the WCC All-Academic First Team. Clarke, John McArthur and Evan Roquemore all graduated in June of 2014 as Keating has seen all 22 of his seniors graduate from Santa Clara during his tenure.
Kerry Keating led the Broncos to 24+ victories for the second time in three years in 2012-13. Collecting a 26-12 record, the Broncos won the College Basketball Invitational post-season tournament after winning the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in 2011. The Broncos final RPI was No. 68 and record-wise, they claimed the biggest turnaround in Division I basketball this year. The 26 wins were just one shy of the school record set by the 1968-69 team who collected 27 wins.
Coach Kerry Keating has a 114-121 record in his seven years as a head coach at Santa Clara. He is the third-winningest coach in the last 12 years in the WCC behind Gonzaga’s Mark Few and Saint Mary’s Randy Bennett.
Santa Clara won 26 games in 2012-13 after winning 21 regular season games for the first time in almost 20 years on the Mission campus. Keating coached two first-team All-WCC members in 2013 in Marc Trasolini and Kevin Foster, the second-all-time leading scorer in West Coast Conference history. In addition to their success on the court, all five seniors graduated in June of 2014.
You can learn more about Santa Clara University Men’s Basketball by visiting KerryKeating.com, following them on Twitter at @SantaClaraHoops on Instagram at SantaClaraMensBasketball.
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