Detroit Pistons
Practice #1
Tuesday September 29, 2015
10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
“Be active off
the ball. You can’t relax.” –SVG
- SVG with lots
of emphasizes on the importance of having hands up on defense.
- Lots of work
on technique.
“You got to
want to get a stop!” –SVG
- Ersan
Ilyasova draws two charges in scrimmage.
Knocks down jump shots and plays hard.
- Assistant
coach Brendan Malone stopped the action and shouted, “When you catch the ball,
look at the rim.”
- SVG then
said, “Catch the ball, look at the rim and look in the post.”
- Pistons
coaching Andre Drummond up to run the floor hard and get to the rim.
Detroit Pistons Offensive Musts:
1-Take care of
the ball
2-Push the pace
3-Attack from
inside-out
4-Play
unselfishly
5-Make quick
decisions
6-Take good
shots
- The “3” man
takes it out on made free throws.
- Tons of
teaching during scrimmage.
“Don’t be in
such a hurry. Mistakes being made are because you go too fast.” -SVG
“Run hard, but
don’t be in such a hurry.”
-SVG
“Game tempo.” –SVG
- A joy to watch
seven year vet Cartier Martin teaching and helping rookie Eric Griffin a few
things on the defensive end of the floor.
- D-League
coaches of the Grand Rapids Drive, Otis Smith and Dion Glover involved in
practice learning Pistons philosophy.
Pistons Support Staff
Doug Ash, Tom
Barasi, Robert Werdan, Al Walker, Jeff Nix, Art Luptowski.
- Pistons shooting coach Dave Hopla on sidelines throughout practice taking notes in a composition notebook. He stands by Andre Drummond during free throws.
- Interesting
observation at end of practice. Three
teams during scrimmage. Blue team wins, two other teams had to run sprints for
losing. Marcus Morris, Reggie Jackson
and Stanley Johnson, all on the winning team decide to run with the losers.
(Extra work).
- SVG admitted
to the team that they were putting a lot of stuff in:
“I know that
was a lot…”
