The San Antonio Spurs ran this play against the Minnesota Timberwolves three years ago in an end game situation. It was a simple yet effective play to get a layup, which worked because the defense had to respect Manu Ginobili coming off a flare screen. See More
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Dive Double Spin is a very precise and complex way to get a backdoor opportunity. While it may be just a bit too complex to run at a high school level, its level of success at the collegiate level was astounding. At the University of Indiana, Kelvin Sampson used this play to get his best finishers an opportunity at the rim without challenge. See More
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Too often, 1-4 High offenses neglect post players because they're designed to accentuate the perimeter scorers - getting baskets for your post men is just as important, if not more important, when your normal motion sets don't accentuate it. Trickle is a play designed to get one of the post players a quick opportunity for a layup or post move. See More
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Alvin Gentry and the Phoenix Suns used this play when they needed a three pointer with about three seconds left in the game. It's designed for Channing Frye, a stretch forward, to come off a flare screen for a catch and shoot attempt. See More
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The Portland TrailBlazers ran Twin Zipper Flare last season, and again this season, to get their shooters open looks off a flare screen. The action serves as a misdirection by swinging to one side of the floor, then reversing back to the original side once it empties. See More
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The Denver Nuggets run this misdirection Hammer set to free up a shooter in the corner. The use a flare screen at the top to occupy the help defense, forcing a weak side defender to rotate towards the ball. That rotation sets up an opening in the corner for a shooter to make a cut to. See More
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Monty Williams runs this play for the New Orleans Pelicans to get Ryan Anderson a good three point attempt by rubbing his defender off him with a decoy action. On the wheel route run by Gordon off of Anderson, Anderson's defender is forced to sag off and let Gordon's defender thru, thus giving Anderson the perfect lane to pop back to the three point arc. See More
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This elevator play is designed for a shooter to come off a misdirection cut back up the lane line to where he came from thru an elevator. What makes it so seductive for the shooter is that the elevator wasn't there when he made his original cut, so when he retraces his steps and comes thru the elevator, the defender will be blindsided by it. See More
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Dwane Casey's Raptors ran this play to get Jonas Valanciunas an open post-up opportunity See More
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Dwane Casey play for a three pointer See More
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Dragic (1) dribbles towards Bledsoe (2), pushing him backdoor behind Frye (5). Morris (4) pops out from the elbow to the wing. Bledsoe (2) fills corner, pushing Green (3) up on the wing. Middle Pick-and-Pop with Dragic (1) and Frye (5). The rim should be unprotected or a shooter will be open on the perimeter See More
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Orlando Magic Head Coach Jacque Vaughn ran this play last season for Arron Afflalo. As the team's best scorer, Afflalo could decide if he wanted the ball in the pinch post for an isolation or coming off a screen for a three-pointer - his two strengths. The play was a read-and-react for Afflalo, who read the defense and decided where he wanted to score. See More
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The final play from this John Wooden series is a set that Wooden used to run for a shooter to let them come off an exit screen. An exit screen, also known as a single-double, is where the shooter sticks their head under the rim and has the option to come off either side. One side will have one screener (the single side) and the other has two screeners (the double side). While Wooden believed in spacing and getting the ball inside, great shooters needed to be utilized and this set was one way he could feature some of his outside snipers. See More
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Coach Krzyzewski has had some fantastic post players over the years. From Elton Brand to Jahlil Okafor, Christian Laettner to Shelden Williams, all these players could convert at an extremely high percentage in a post-isolation situation. Coach K, in keeping with an up-tempo style of offense, got the ball into the post quickly for a clear-out situation in a play he's run for years called "release". This is a great action for a team with a dominant post scorer. If you teach 5 to engage in contact as soon as his man helps off the flex screen, he can get great, deep scoring position and have a chance to get to the free throw line or bang in a layup. See More
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The Pistol action is a common NBA early offense set that tries to create switches and mismatches with frequent screens in a congested and tight area on the wing. See More
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