Toronto Raptors - Elbow (Corner Offense) - FastModel Sports

Published 04/10/2019 by Cooper Smither Favorite Email Print Embed

About This Play/Drill

With the addition of Marc Gasol's playmaking ability, Nick Nurse has reintroduced the "Elbow" series into the Toronto Raptors playbook in the 2018-19 season. Popularized by Rick Adelman as the Corner Offense, this set allows the Raptors to utilize their versatile personnel, such as Pascal Siakam and Kyle Lowry, in inteerchangeable roles as passers, cutters, and pick and roll ball handlers. Often times ran at the end of games, this set allows Nick Nurse to involve all of high star players at once.

1A: 1 passes the ball to 5 at the elbow. 1 and 3 engage in "low split" action - 3 curls around 1's down screen. 5 can pass to 3 making a basket cut.
1B: 1 passes the ball to 5 at the elbow. 1 and 3 engage in "low split" action - 3 makes a back-cut and rejeccts 1's screen.
1B: 5 DHO's with 1, 1 drives into the lane.
2: 1 passes the ball to 5 at the elbow. 1 down-screens for 3. 3 gets a DHO from 5 and drives into the lane.