Mike D'Antoni, Coach K and offensive basketball

On a basketball coach's site, I saw some marketing that said that Coach K adopted Mike D'Antoni's "seven seconds or less" offense while spending the summer with D'Antoni at the Olympics.

Since D'Antoni and Vance Walberg became household names, I have marveled at the way that people characterize their offenses.

Has everyone forgot about Duke University with Jay Williams, Chris Duhon, Mike Dunleavy and others? They spread the court with the low post opposite and ran a high on-ball screen to get penetration into the lane for a kick-out three-pointer or a lay-up.

I know this because, at the time, I used Duke's offense as the major influence for my Blitz Basketball system.

I think it is funny when people suggest that Coach K is using D'Antoni's system or Walberg's system. Coach K changed his system during the J.J. Reddick years to set staggered screens for J.J. Once J.J. graduated, he returned to the dribble penetration, high on-ball screen offense of the previous years. Singler sets the on-ball screen and pops, much like Dunleavy did back in the day.

Yet, now to market products, Coach K is using other the Walberg system or D'Antoni's system. It's all hype and marketing. It's basic basketbal: spacing, on-ball screen and ball movement. It's how the majority of high level teams in Europe play too.