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Wing Slicer: How will Danny Abdia handle the NBA's multitasking? - Walla! sport

2020-10-25T11:38:45.923Z


Keep the ball in front of tick guards, attack chins that leap towards you, and keep 4 positions (at least): The Israeli forward plays in the most sought-after position in the league, but also the most demanding. So how do you hone these skills, and will the training regime that helped Harden, Wall and Young, add value?


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Wing Slicer: How will Danny Abdia handle the NBA's multitasking?

Keep the ball in front of tick guards, attack chins that leap towards you, and keep 4 positions (at least): The Israeli forward plays in the most sought-after position in the league, but also the most demanding.

So how do you hone these skills, and will the training regime that helped Harden, Wall and Young, add value?

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Eran Soroka

Sunday, October 25, 2020, 1:30 p.m.

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Danny Abdia had a lot of highlights last season, but if they had to make a reverse video, of "Low-Lights", they would probably have been there many minutes from the first games in the playoff semifinal series against Hapoel Tel Aviv.



Yam Madar clings to Avdia like chewing gum to a classroom desk (note by the way: the veterans among us still remember that once the teenagers used to go to an educational institution called "school", so the image is related to it), and made his life bitter.

Despite the inches gap, Madar caused him a loss and another loss, undermined his confidence and took him almost completely out of the game.

In those moments, it seemed that Abdia - the only player among the top candidates in the draft who played in those months so he did not have much competition for the attention of the scouts and team managers - still had to work hard to transport the ball to the challenges that awaited him, literally, overseas.



"Yam knew him well from the reserve. They are the same age, he knows exactly what his pros and cons are," he told Walla!

Sports of the Week Tomer Ginat, Madar's friend of Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 2020 playoffs. "It was clear to us that he needed to be taken out of balance. If he is allowed to play free, in the Premier League, then it is easier for him, and we had to make it difficult for him in some way. "Strong on the ball, not to give it the penetration to the right. Especially in the second game, we managed to do it in a prominent and impressive way."

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Squeezed out of loss one of the worst games of his career.

Yam Madar (Photo: Danny Maron)

The statistical line from that game was one of the worst in the young career, if not the worst of them, for the Maccabi star.

In 22 minutes, Abdia recorded 0 points, 0 from 3 to three, zero shots to 2 or from the line, and four turnovers.

Ginat scored 21 for the Reds who won and equalized to 1: 1.

Unfortunately, Abdia also cracked the challenge faced by Yannis Castritis;

In the third game, he scored 22 points with 10 rebounds and led Maccabi to an important victory on the way to the championship.



"There were a total of three days between the second and third game," Ginat recalls.

"We don't learn to bounce and we don't learn to play against pressure in three days. We came up with the same game plan, but he made adjustments on his part and knew how to handle our pressure much better, and in the end decided the game in their favor. He's the kind of player even when you make it difficult. "Put a body on it, lead it to where it wants to be - then half a second of lack of concentration is enough for it to gain a small advantage over you, and it will score points."

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Kills me in switches

Danny Abdia, as we explained about two months ago, plays the most sought-after role in the NBA.

On days when from the old positions of 1 to 5 very little remains, Abdia can be defined as "Wing Versatile".

A winger with many skills on his face plays somewhere in 3-4 positions, but in practice can also lead a ball, score and basically do anything.

On defense, he needs to know how to keep players in at least three positions;

In aspiration, in four;

And when you're really good - then on all five of the opponent's players.



"Today, players with this skill set is definitely the direction the league is going," says Walla!

Sports Devin Blair, who has worked on the Houston Rockets' coaching staff for the past five seasons.

"If once the teams were looking for players who specialize in defense or threes, today the wingers have to maintain positions 1 to 4, at least 2 to 4, and if the opposing team plays without a 'classic' center, then a player who keeps 1 to 5 is amazing. Every player is amazing. That he has these abilities will be a huge advantage for his defensive team. "



"Being a player who can move between many positions is an important and valuable thing," Idan Rabin, one of the most prominent personal coaches in the NBA for the past twenty years, who has worked with players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Kerry, Chris Paul, tells us. Carmelo Anthony and Blake Griffin at the beginning of their journey.

"Because the whole league has moved to a game of threes, teams love that kind of thing. In aspiration, they want five players like that on the field."

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The chance of winning increases if you do not have a weak link in the exchange (Photo: AP)

The Warriors have thus taken three championships in four seasons, and in the last Eastern Semifinals Toronto, Boston, Milwaukee and Miami have played four teams that hold key players in the role in question.

Yannis Antocompo is the MVP, Jimmy Butler gave a huge fight to LeBron James in the final, Jason Taitum is one of the league's rising stars and Toronto Pascal Siakam took another step forward after being named the improving player of the 2019 season.

Milwaukee has stumbled in front of the Heat, and the other three are teams capable of eliminating you on exchange defense: In an age where many attacks start in pick-and-roll, and the guards look for the weakest link in defense, your chances of winning increase if you don't have such a weak link.

And when the opponent is looking for miss-matches, you should also have guards in the 2.00-2.05 meter area who are able to handle almost every chin in the league.



The team that took this idea the furthest in an attempt to tackle the success of Golden State was the Houston Rockets.

“After the 2018 All-Star, we were very committed to this Switch Everything philosophy,” Blair continues.

"We knew that in order to win a championship we would have to go through the Warriors, so we started training and playing as much as possible in this style." The idea sounds simple, but to do it right is much more difficult.

We caused a lot of trouble for groups.

Some of the guards tried to penetrate the basket in front of Clint Capella, at the level of the idea it seemed logical, but Capella caused them hard shots and took teams out of the rhythm.

You owe the right manpower, and when you have it, it's a lot easier. "



Those Rockets took the Warriors to a record seven games, and if it weren't for Chris Paul's hamstring injury, 2: 3, go find out if the Rockets hadn't made a switch from "Almost" to champion status. When both the Warriors and the Rockets, the two teams that give such a show in the Western Conference Finals, espouse the same philosophy - as often happens in the "Imitation League" called the NBA, they all look out the window and say, "We want one."

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Take the idea as far as possible.

The Rockets vs. the Warriors (Photo: AP)

Agile, long, athletic

Only with great responsibility come high expectations.

is very.

This position is demanding and requires from the players almost the entire set of skills that a basketball player has.

We already talked about shooting about a month ago, but it is only part of the required package;

In the NBA, physical and athletic guards will be waiting for the losers in the wing positions, and even when guards come and press him if and when he is required to lead a ball, they will be no less cruel than teammate Yam Madar.



"You have to do three things to be successful in this position - to be agile, tall and athletic," said Blair, who also coaches the Rockets' development team - Rio Grande and Eli Vipers.

"Whoever has all this package, these are the elite guards. You don't owe all three, but you better have two of those qualities, they can atone for what they don't have. For example, if you're not nimble enough, then an impressive armrest can stop players. "If it is not long, then you need to be fast and athletic enough to prevent a player from getting the ball. Massa, for example, is already a less important element given the small number of players in the league who play with their backs to the basket."

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"The basket game has become necessary at the highest levels today."

Tomer Ginat vs. Danny Abdia (Photo: Berni Ardov)

Beyond the physical features, in the good teams that dedicate ball movement and allow more players to initiate with the ball, sharp senses are also needed.

This is not just happening in the NBA, but from the highest levels of Europe and beyond.

"I do not know if it should be called transporting a ball, such as the ability to lower a ball to the floor, to attack in front of guards who close on you quickly," says Ginat, who plays as a power forward at French Lalvelois.

"Without it, it's very difficult for players in those positions to play. If in the defensive substitution Guard suddenly guards you, they have methods to shake hands and try to snatch the ball from you, and that too creates a challenge."



In Ginat's positions, guys like Tomer Steinhauer and Shimon Amsalem once played, and he knows that it is no longer the same game.

"When I was growing up, my role models were Lior Eliyahu and Elishi Kadir. The style of play of both of them, with the small ball, the dedication and the movement without a ball, was already reminiscent of today's basketball. Today players in positions 4 and 5 have to do things a little differently. "The whole thing of playing with a face to the basket, passing ability and shooting ability - quite necessary at the highest levels in basketball. For every player, in every position."



D'Antoni's Brockets, 2019/20 model, the ball was most of the time in the hands of James Harden or Russell Westbrook.

The rest of the cast, Blair says, had a very defined role.

"You have to know how to score a three; attack the player who closes on you; get in the basket for a step and a half; or take back a delivery to a player on the arc of three. These are the basic things, but you would be surprised how only players across the league have that ability. Anyway, when you are a rookie Or a second-year player, your job is more basic - do not screw up. "

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Working in a factory



The last thing Abdia wants is to screw up.

Expectations from him, as a top-6 pick almost certain according to current surgeries, will be high, and although this is not a draft with proven superstars, any team will put the chips on the young Israeli.

So, since arriving in America about two months ago with his agent and manager giving a good sign, Abdia has not only been training physically at the P3 training facility in Atlanta, which is considered one of the best in the world;

He also works on sharpening the skills in question with two workouts a day - one shooting, and one dedicated to topics like defense or dribbling.

This shell comes from another body, called TSF: The skill factory.



The TSF was founded in 2011 in Georgia by Josh Barr, with the goal of allowing players to specialize in specific elements of the game, in basic training.

Jeremiah Boswell, who joined the organization early in a senior position, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2014 that "our goal is to teach players how to play basketball - in terms of movement, footwork, understanding the game. All the little elements that help athletes To develop and grow as basketball players. "

The training takes place from the age of 5 and at different levels, with their famous clients in the NBA including James Harden, John Wall, Kamba Walker, the improving player of 2019/20 Brandon Ingram, Paul Millsap, and dozens of other names.



Abdia sometimes gives a glimpse of his training regime in photos and videos on social media.

But anyone who wants to see him dribble two balls in parallel like Steph Kerry, as proof that Abdia is practicing ball control, will probably be disappointed.

And according to Rabin, who himself invented some creative and original exercises - A. Carmelo Anthony dribbles with one hand and dedicates himself with a tennis ball, and other tricks that also starred in an advertising campaign in which the two were photographed - the exercises themselves are not the main thing, but their performance.

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Last season's improving player also trained at TSF.

Brandon Ingram (Photo: AP)

“You can also dribble four balls, how will that translate into performance improvement?” The personal trainer asks.

"I see a lot of gimmicks and technological aids on social media, but I rarely say to myself 'wow, this is something really smart that will also be reflected in the game itself.' When I worked with LeBron, Steph, Durant, Blake Griffin as young people, we would not use the same technological aids. "And scientifically, and still kids from all over the world are trying to emulate their training habits. A shoe company can make amazing shoes, but just because you wear them will not make you an Olympic athlete."



Blair reinforces this point.

"Remember the game 'Guitar Hero' or 'Dance Dance revolution'? Back then there was once such a version, just of dribbles and basketball moves," he recalls.

"But I have not seen any NBA team use it, at most in the College League. In the NBA you do not go for gimmicks. Let the coaches work with the players from the base onwards. None of the technologies gives you a simulation of going one on one against a defender. You must know how to control the ball. "Or you will not be able to score."



Danny Abdia's last games were in Israel, against Rishon Lezion and Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Danny's next game, since there is no summer (or winter) league, is three months away from us at best.

Until then, and for a start until he has a team, he will take as much time as possible to polish the elements that need improvement in his game.

"He has a great gift, and a huge talent - even when it is difficult for him, he finds solutions," Ginat concludes.

"His ability to lead a ball and score at his height is a significant advantage in his potential to succeed in the NBA. And I have no doubt he will succeed."

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