Ang triangle offense ni coach Tim Cone

MANILA, Philippines - Naglabas ang Sports website giant na SB Nation ng isang mahabang artikulo ukol sa triangle offense sa basketball at kinilala si Tim Cone, ang PBA most winningest coach bilang “foremost apostle” nito.

Sinimulan ng mga writers na sina Mike Prada at Doug Eberhardt ang kanilang piyesang “The Triangle’s Holy War” sa pamamagitan ng isang five-paragraph feature tungkol kay Cone at sa kanyang tagumpay sa PBA.

“The world’s foremost apostle for the Triangle offense does not coach in the NBA. He doesn’t coach in college or American high school, either. He doesn’t coach in the United States at all,” nakasulat sa lead paragraph ng artikulo.

“His name is Tim Cone, and he is speaking into a cell phone months after securing his 18th Philippine Basketball Association trophy,” ang sumunod na paragraph.

Inilahad nina Prada at Eberhardt kung paano niyakap ni Cone ang ‘tringle offense’.

“Cone’s schooling in the way of the triangle began with grainy footage of Phil Jackson’s Chicago Bulls during the early 1990s,” ayon sa artikulo.

Kumuha ng apartment ang batang PBA coach noon na malapit sa US Army at Navy bases kung saan nasasagap niya ang NBA broadcasts  at inirecord niya ang lahat ng mga laro at pinag-aralan niya ito.

“I went full bore on the offense in 1993, but unfortunately, I was teaching it at the same time I was learning it,” kuwento ni Cone. “It was our worst year ever. But the next year, 1994, was our best yearever. I’ve been running the triangle ever since.”