Lawrence Frank Notes

Non-negotiables:

1) Sprint back and get defense set
2) Shrink the floor (take away gaps) and protect the paint (no middle, no paint) and closeout aggressively and challenge shots and don't commit stupid fouls
3) Paint consequences (block, charge, deflection, steal, verticality, foul, basket)
4) Drop to the level (5 on the ball)
5) Help like you like to be helped
6) Multiple efforts (magic is in the work)
7) Finish the possession

Analytics: 
- take away layups, free throws, corner 3s, open 3s 
- what's left (hard 2s) 
"No layups, no free throws, no threes."

Triangle defense:
- when players covering the pick-and-roll, remaining 3 are in 'triangle' protection
- communication is central to confirm roles

"Nail" man must protect ball side elbow

Theme is "two on the ball" and "triangle protection" behind the ball with rotation 

Same principles (looks like triangle behind the ball). If the big (5) pops on a trap, then X4 rotates to him and X5 recovers to protect the basket. He reiterates guard on the ball to use high hands and the big's inside hand down to mitigate the pocket pass to the roller. 

X4 and X5 have to work to protect each other (big and big). X3 has to protect the gap and stunt to prevent the corner 3 (deadly).

Elbow and block protection are fundamental. 

When fronting the post, if ball entered, rotation into triangle (depends to a degree on the scoring perimeter threat how you deploy x1). Remember the 'theme'. 

When the side pick-and-roll is covered, can create vulnerability to 'short roll' and the roller has to be bumped to deny great entry. Talk is critical as is the coordination between the "nail man" and the "low man". Order of priority is BALL, PAINT, and WEAK. 

The top 5 NBA teams were the top 5 successes in making 3s.