Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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In this segment from the Thinking Basketball podcast, the Athletic's Mike Prada and Ben discuss the rise of no look passing, how passing complexity has increased over the years, and how spacing has created a passing revolution in the NBA.

Buy Mike's book here: amazon.com/Spaced-Out-Tactical-Evolution-Modern-ebook/dp/B09T8VTHBN

Full episode on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2X9H6bbpIcqcoQRLTuXsIu
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/156-how-the-game-has-changed-mike-prada-on-spaced-out/id1428290303?i=1000585412619

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Twitter: @elgee35

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.

Stats courtesy:
pbpstats.com @bballport
basketball-reference.com
stats.nba.com
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