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Please tell me that’s not oppenheimer

by CupOfHotTeaa

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  1. Kevin_Jim

    That’s Spanoulis (aka VSpan), fam… One of the best point guards in Euroleague history, and the HC for the Greek national team.

    The dude was so good, that there’s a two-man action named after him: [The Spanoulis](https://medium.com/thebasketballactiondictionary/spanoulis-40dc491696e9). If there’s a point guard that can teach a big man how to set a screen and roll, is that man.

    **Edit** for some further context: When [Draymond Green did a breakdown of game 1 of the Nuggets vs Lakers series](https://youtu.be/CZklbWrnFQc), he started his pod refering to the Spanoulis action and how it is used.

    In the Bucks’ case, it would one of the best actions one could run for two reasons:
    1. Giannis is a briliant DHO action player, and Dame will be running from the paint to the 3P line, meaning he will be dragging his defender througout a ton of bodies. By the time he reaches Giannis, at the perimeter, he will be wide open for a 3P out of the DHO
    2. Giannis will either have a “soft” paint or there will be a wide open shooter (Khris, AJ, Ajax, Pat) on the wing

    It’s kinda weird we don’t really run DHOs that way, tbh. But if I were to guess as to why we didn’t do it, that would be our PGs couldn’t move fast and/or weren’t good shooters. With Dame, this would be ideal when he is away from Giannis.

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