Basketball Friday: Textures, Where Points Come From, Empty Horns, "Attack Space" and More

Have an identifiable texture like 70's Indiana, 80's Georgetown or UNLV, "Forty Minutes of Hell," or the forever Orange of Syracuse and their 2-3 zone? Great coaches win with different styles. 

What do you want from your program? We don't always get it.

1) Play fundamentally well at both ends.

2) Be efficient...take care of the ball, take quality shots. 

3) Compete every day on and off the court. 

4) Never quit. 

5) Learn life lessons to apply going forward. 

Of course, collegiate coaches recruit to their system while others construct their program around their available talent. 

Which raises the question, how do you develop and practice? 

Drills. DHO Continuous. 

If one favors DHO actions, then continuous DHO offers player and ball movement. We can add a weakside post which offers both a past and secondary screening option.

Key points: 1) Handoff on a platter. No fumbles. 2) Receiver attacks downhill. 3) TTF (take the first option - drive or kick).

Adding defense is the next iteration. 

Concepts. Self-scouting. 

• What works?
• What doesn't work? 
• What can work with our personnel?  

From Nylon Calculus 2020

Almost every team (not the Knicks) score the highest points per possession on the cut. Yet many teams emphasize less efficient (for them) play types (Celtics, above). The NBA champion Lakers had the highest play type bubbles for spot up and transition (below). 

If we want to maximize our offense, "do more of what works and less of what doesn't."

Where will our points arise? 

• Transition (particularly defense into offense)
• Perimeter game (3s)...if so, off what actions (e.g. penetrate and pass, passing out of the short roll, designed plays)
• Set plays looking for layups
• Offensive rebounding
• Free throws

Set play. "Empty Horns" 

Lagniappe. Concepts from BOBs or SLOBs can also play in half court sets. Fast Model shares NBA SLOBs.

Lagniappe 2. Good players separate to attack space and finish. "Win in space." 

I encourage my former player, Cecilia (#45) to exploit her midrange game more. The five second clip shows part of what the six-foot freshman has.