Klay reveals Pep’s Tiki-Tika influence on Warriors dynasty and NBA

The Golden Condition Warriors guard, Klay Thompson has discovered the success his staff has enjoyed is down to Barcelona’s Tiki-Taka.

Tiki-Taka is a model of engage in in Spain’s football characterised by brief passing and motion, functioning the ball by a variety of channels, and preserving possession.

It is identical to ‘Schalke’s spinning top’ tactic from the 1930s and the Whole Soccer solution of the Ajax and the Netherlands of the 1970s.

The design and style brought great results to Spain national team below managers like Luis Aragonés and Vicente del Bosque.

Pep Guardiola and his Barcelona crew popularize the strategies in between 2008-2012. All through this period Spanish countrywide crew dominated globe football successful the EUROs and FIFA Globe Cup.

Barcelona also recorded big achievements successful the well-known treble and quite a few additional titles through this period of time.

And Klay for the duration of an job interview with the TNT crew immediately after the Golden Condition Warriors recreation a person win versus the Lakers mentioned mentor Steve Kerr warrants fantastic credit score for the accomplishment the workforce has realized.

Considering that Steve Kerr was appointed as the Warriors’ coach in 2014, they have played in 6 NBA finals and gained the title 4 moments.

The Warriors’ design and style of perform which is identical to Barcelona’s Tika-Taka has introduced them excellent good results, so a great deal so that the rest of the NBA groups are now copying them.

“I give credit to Steve, he arrived in and he had a vision, just to keep that issue hot. He gave us the great example of FC Barcelona, they contact it tiki-taka,” Thompson advised TNT right after the Lakers acquire.

“It’s just kick it to the open gentleman and with us give it to the open male, retain it relocating, and it just performs to me and Steph’s (Curry) strengths so significantly … it’s ideal.”