I think sometimes that Sloan just did not understand the tiny nuances that turn a bunch of guys playing ball together into a "team".
over at Deron's house, right?
Yuss, and Ronnie Brewer makes everyone their own pillow fort. Raja Bell does the hors d'oeuvres and the white wine spritzers.
What film are they watching?
This. Jackson and Popovich watch film with their teams all the time. They should have been doing this years ago. Players today just aren't motivated enough to do it on their own, like Sloan, Stockton and Malone and Horny would.
That's probably why they have been playing exceptionally as of late!
it's also not just watching film of their own games, but film of what other teams are doing - how they're guarding, switching, fighting thru screens etc etc etc - and watching it with someone to point out what needs to be pointed out, not just with each other but with a coach who should have more interest in the team as a whole than any one particular player - it really has to come from a coach and not a fellow team mate (not necessarily the head coach but someone on the coaching staff)
and so much depends on the quality of the film that is put together too, some of you make it sound like it's just a matter of watching a replay of the last game
THIS. All the way up the ***.