Expose teams to spread offense. If for no other reason, we have to defend it. We commonly hear "5-out," "fifty," "open," or "spread."
It fills the corners and spaces the floor opening driving and cutting lanes.
This is the "oversimplified" at a glance view. Simplicity, well-executed, challenges defense. Good offense creates hard to defend actions and forces the defense to cover more area.
- Pass and cut (give-and-go)
- Pass/screen away (multiple options)...more often than pass and screen the ball (slipping the screen is another look)
- If the first pass is overplayed, backdoor may be available.
- Of course flare screens and downscreens can happen from the wing/corner.
Bucks action. It works at EVERY level. Simplicity is part of its appeal. The conflict between simplicity and complexity never disappears.
Once a team understands core actions, use the protean opportunities (variant of Duke Elbow Clear).
The "Iso" becomes a wing ball screen... as an alternative... and sets us "rejecting the screen" for an anxious defender.
Here's a post from Radius Athletics about the UNI Spread offense.
Teaching spread offense adds value for our defense as well. It demands:
- Ball containment
- Denying the give-and-go (jump to the ball)
- Pick-and-roll defense
- Defending back cuts
- Defending off ball screens (switch, through?)
- Help and rotation
As Coach Brad Stevens reminds, "the difference between good defense and bad defense is the outcome of a few possessions."
Lagniappe: via @PickAndPopNet (ATO with multiple options)
Nice ATO that Brooklyn has been running down in Orlando pic.twitter.com/LYW4zSHHNa— PickandPop (@PickAndPopNet) August 6, 2020
