"Be easy to play with and hard to play against."
Ask ourselves, what actions are hard to defend? "Do more of what works and less of what doesn't."
We want more than a series of plays, but the ability to read and adjust to defense. A wing ball-screen can generate a drive, roll, pop, slip, or reject.
Basketball is a game of separation. Basketball is a game of cutting and passing. Basketball is a game of creating and exploiting advantage. "Never bring a gun to a gunfight...bring a tank."
Pick-and-roll (Establish core actions and run options.)
- High ball screens
- Wing ball screens
- Elbow get
- Rejecting the ball screen
- Slips
"Movement kills defenses." Urgent cutting is everything.
- Give-and-go
- Back cuts
- DHOs and options
Teams struggle to contain the ball.
- Open gaps and go (Gap and Go)
- Isolations with your best player
- Elite post offense (do you have that 'guy')
- Iverson actions
- Screen-the-screener/pick-the-picker
- Spain PnR (backscreen the roller)
"The help can never be beaten." (Challenge the help)
Combo Platter (Combine actions)
Transition
Ace in the Hole.
- Best 'man' set
- Best zone set
- Best BOB
- Best SLOB
- Best ATO
Start with a 'big list' and revise to your best actions.
- Buffett's 25-5. Use your five best ideas, not twenty-five.
- "Kill your darlings." Did analysis prove it worked?
Lagniappe. An offense that works...why?