What is the NBA s Princeton system?

The "Princeton Tactic" is a basketball term invented by Pete Carell, who used this style of play to lead a school like Princeton University, where no student has a student on an athletic scholarship, to 500 wins in the NCAA and a record 14 points conceded. The motto of "Princeton's style of play" is "strong takes advantage of the weak, and smart takes advantage of the strong." The essence of this style of play is "human movement, ball movement, coordination."

Man-to-man refers to moving without the ball, cutting in the air, and running back, and ball movement refers to constantly passing and sharing the ball. Among them, the reverse run is the signature of Princeton's style of play.

The first step in this style of play is to find your own center forward, and then the center will organize the attack. In the "Princeton System", whether it is in the transition between offense and defense or in the offensive position, the most important thing is to "find the center". The Kings were the most pleasing team before Dantony's Suns, with everyone passing the ball, shooting the ball and attacking like mercury.

The core Webber was called the most passable center in the NBA, and Brad Miller, who came later, benefited from the "Princeton system" and became an All-Star center in the West.

In 1998, Rick Adelman joined hands with the King, and Adelman ushered in the second ** period of his coaching career, which is also his most representative period. At that time, the Kings had players such as Webber, Divac, Stojakovic, Bibby, etc., and the coaching philosophy of Princeton System complemented the technical characteristics of his players, and in addition, Pete Carell, the founder of the Princeton system, had been sowing this tactical idea in the team as an assistant coach for more than a year. In Sacramento, Adelman led the Kings with Webb and Williams to become the league's most offensive team, scoring points per game in just one season, with the Kings scoring points per game.

In the 1999-2000 season, Adelman gave the Kings an average of 105 points per game, making him the league's No. 1 offensive firepower. In Adelman's eight seasons at the helm, the Kings never missed the playoffs, and in the first four seasons, he carried Princeton into a more professional league fit and built the Kings into the league's most entertaining team. At that time, it was rare to get a high score in the league, but the Kings were able to easily surpass 100 every season.

In the 2001-02 season, the Kings finished with a 61-21 record, beating the Lakers to first place in the West, and the Kings scored 61 wins in the season, setting a large number of records in team history. Second in the league in scoring, first in the league in limiting opponents to score. Stojakovic became the league's top scorer, Webb went on to be an MVP candidate, and Bobby Jackson came close to being the best sixth man.

In the playoffs, they reached the Western Conference Finals, where they met a strong OK combination, and finally lost seven games and missed the Finals.

Although the Kings did not win a championship at the beginning of the century, in fact, the Kings' interpretation of Princeton has been very successful, and there are few more perfect interpretations of Princeton tactics in NBA history, with the No. 4 position (Chris Webb) as the axis, can play alone, can pass, and the other four points (Mike Bibby, Peja, Christie, Divac) pull out open positions through blocking and running to attack. From 1999 to 2004, the Kings reached the playoffs every year, with a winning rate of more than half every year, especially in the 01-02 season, when the regular season won the first place and the Western Conference finals proved that the Kings' Princeton was very successful.