Saturday, December 31, 2022

Beautiful Basketball for the New Year: Getting Basket Cuts

Be efficient. Efficient plays get high points per possession. Basket cuts for layups meet those criteria. First, a "beautiful basketball" video example of urgent cutting. 

Watch video and save plays in a file. Steal from everywhere. 


 1. Tufts clear backdoor (via former coach Carla Berube, now at Princeton)


2. State tournament, Iverson action (video below)


"Basketball is a game of separation." 


3. Open a gap, set a side PnR, and target a corner cut


4. Stack Jam (Wisconsin) opens a three for the 2 or a hard cut for an interior score against the zone. 


5. Triangle PnR, low back cut


6. Defense reads anticipated DHO and offense basket cuts

The threat of "penetrate and perimeter pass" opens up other opportunities. 


Lagniappe (something extra). More of the same. 


Lagniappe 2. A textbook example of short roll passing.