Solid practice yesterday, Thunder. Got some shooting and ballhandling work in, then a 40-minute scrimmage with some of the older players at Kahala Park. We've needed 5-on-5 work in the most desperate way. Making mistakes in that situation is fine. We need to expose ourselves and make our mistakes in that environment in order to correct them. Now that we've had a couple of scrimmages, it's easier to see and anticipate where those flaws are.The scrimmages also give us a chance to improve and develop chemistry. Going 3-on-3 is also productive, but doesn't compare to 5-on-5.
Today, we'll work on the pressbreaker and walk through our delay game. We didn't have a four-corners page in our playbook before, so now's a good time to get acquainted. This will allow us to have much better clock management in the final minutes of a game.
We'll also shoot a lot of free throws just like yesterday.
Players and parents, if you see this before Wednesday, please take note. We may go to Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday to participate in their weekly Boston Pizza competition. I've been keeping in touch with an old friend, Dickson Wong, who is on staff athletic director at Boys & Girls Club. It's just a 5-on-5 pickup-game style competition. It won't be controlled or structured the way I prefer (scrimmage), but it'll give us new competition and another opportunity to develop. It probably won't be as good as playing older people at the park. It's not as convenient, either. But if we can get at least five Thunder players to meet at Boys and Girls Club tomorrow, maybe we'll give it a try.
And finally ...
For you guys who asked about practicing on Thursday, our only real day off — let's do it. I'll be there at 4:30 pm. More like 5, actually, after I pick Josh up from summer school. You hoopaholics.
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