Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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The Ringer's J. Kyle Mann discusses Draymond Green's role in the Pace and Space paradigm shift from the last decade. In this clip from the thinking basketball podcast, we also discuss how paradigm shifts can "recycle," with the old becoming the new, and whether Draymond was merely lucky to come along at the right time and place (Golden State), or did he push a new paradigm forward by adapting to the newer game?

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6yG0zJ3gPtQ5uf9Fy0j7o8
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/106-j-kyle-mann-on-new-player-archetypes/id1428290303?i=1000554517656

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Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

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