Ben Taylor from Thinking Basketball breaks down some of the highest IQ plays and smartest player reads from the first half of the 2023-24 regular season. From Nikola Jokic no-look passes to creative Steph Curry cuts and more…
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Please keep doing collabs with Thinking basketball. I learn so much from his content.
Watch 6 nba picks in 2 minutes 1/24/24
Why did you choose so many white guys?!?
Thinking basketball linked up with NBA….. Impressive
More thinking basketball content!!
Wemby is just too tall
You ABSOLUTELY need to include Ben more in your videos.
Thinking basketball has made it‼️
I remember the first ASG i ever watched live, Tmac did the alley oop with the backboard and the world was never the same to me. I had done that on my mobile hoop but … Whaaat?!😅
I want to add my voice to the chorus, please keep bringing Ben Taylor on!!!
I love thinking basketball and the analyzing they do in the videos
1st example was a broken play.
Saved by Bron.
Great basketball 👍
What a good idea! Thanks for showing you care about the basketball purists out here, NBA! Now lets just stop having the top 10 vids cut out randomly.
very good., a few from Alpi, the Wizard, would be very entertaining for those who doesn't watch Rockets basketball
Loved the part about shot blockers
Lebron travels with the ball once again. That is why the defender left him pass. Today's NBA is a circus. More expensive that go to the theater and see a good play.
Great content!
Love the focus on defensive plays
Love this content. Need more of this!
its channels like this one that gives me so much hope for the future of basketball….. so much knowledge for young minds to learn from. That being said as someone outside of the Jordan era I hope young players (mostly dumb casuals) appreciate and respect the Greats who didnt have this before them and stop trying to compare "now" and "then" different era's different opportunities
We know LeBron is drawing the plays for lakers
Nice one as always Ben! Rename it to “Smartest plays of the season but they get increasingly high IQ” and it’ll get 10x the views
Dont mind me, just commenting for the almighty Algorithm
Bron did that wemby thing the same way: https://youtu.be/uAskXXKV2GU?feature=shared
Give back rights to defence
THINKING BASKETBALL ON THE NBA CHANNEL!! LFG THIS IS AMAZING!!!
NBA should hire Thinking Basketball for more content like this, we love this kind of stuff.
As always, this vid is amazing. Thank you.
Ever considered playing each play once in normal speed before breaking it down?
Would be time consuming, but imo would make for an even better watch
1:23 is exactly why Jalen Green is still a sorry player. He’s more concerned with how he looks than winning games. He had clear position first and could’ve gotten a nice charge call, but instead gets scared of a little pain at the end of a game or being put on a poster and just leaves the lane open.
I think videos like this are a great way to look at what appear to be, on the surface level, simple plays or stupid plays on one side, but actually incredibly smart plays on the other side. That last clip is a great example. At full speed, no context with Gobert, it would be pretty easy to just see that and think, "Man what is Kawhi doing there? Bad shot selection." but the reality is that under most circumstances (as shown prior) that was working for them. It was only when Gobert decided to use that to his advantage that the play happens. This way of seeing the game makes it so fun to watch.
Wemby also had an off the glass pass to himself against the Bucks that deserves mentioning… I mean he did that after dribbling past Giannis