Miscellaneous Concepts

A player applying a few "new" concepts daily builds a formidable portfolio of skills. Team play demands multiple players implement them. 

In transition, the cutter (2) clears her defender opening up trailer. 

5 is the 'dummy', acting uninvolved. This is similar to baseball, where an infielder dekes an approaching baserunner, pretending there is no play...only to react late and apply the tag. 

Atypical give-and-go. Pick-and-roll into "corner-elbow" give-and-go. The initial pick-and-roll pressures x3. After the pass to the elbow, x3 relaxed, and 3 gets an easy hoop. Doesn't happen? Happened to the Celtics on something similar last night.

The crafty guard dribbles at x2 setting up 2 for a cut around. We can think about this as an extended dribble handoff which is a pass. Not for the "weak" guard that can't pass out of a possible double.