Defensive Player Ladder: David Vanterpool on how to develop defensive skills
Rudy Gobert and Ben Simmons stay on top as Minnesota s defensive coordinator explains the art of coaching defense.
Steve Aschburner
April 13, 2021 5:27 PM
Minnesota associate head coach David Vanterpool is the only coach in the NBA with the title of ‘Defensive Coordinator’.
Half of every player’s performance, on average, is spent playing defense. Whether they like it or not, realize it or not, or prepare for it or not.
That preparation part often gets overlooked, from a player’s earliest moments in a gym, said David Vanterpool, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ associate head coach.
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Diving into the film to dissect what D’Angelo Russell has shown in his four games since returning from injury.
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D’Angelo Russell crawled through the early stages of the 2020-21 season like a caterpillar through mud, and how quickly the narrative around him twisted. From the player that Minnesota Timberwolves fans clambered for heading into the 2019 free agency period and the 2020 trade deadline to the player that was scorned throughout the fan base for his inability to pull the MASH unit Wolves out of the early-season hole they dug for themselves.