Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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In this segment from the Thinking Basketball podcast, Mike D'Antoni explains the origins of Phoenix's Seven Seconds or Less offense that revolutionized the league, the idea of multiple "point guards" on the court, and the tradeoff of playing Amar'e Stoudemire at the center in Steve Nash's 2005 MVP season.

Full video episode: youtube.com/watch?v=6lgQfav761g&list=PLNZ1orB7ZoKbyijW61KSL5rqudrFj5aLx&index=2
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/75uz6IutKUnwVLRwdMjKl6

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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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