André Carrilho
Almost four years ago, Mike D’Antoni was the prettiest girl at the ball. During the middle part of the aughts, the then–Phoenix Suns coach revolutionized the NBA game with his vaunted “Seven Seconds or Less” style of offense, inspired by his time playing in Europe (where he was so popular a preteen Kobe Bryant wore his jersey number) and immortalized in writer Jack McCallum’sfamous book of the same name. His style energized a game that had become clunky and graceless; after a decade of Charles Oakley clones punching anyone who even approached the lane, D’Antoni’s freewheeling offensive game—led by Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, Shawn Marion, and Amar’e Stoudemire at the peak of their powers—made the NBA giddy, delirious fun again. It...
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