"Post play is dead." Analytics (and execution) favor the triad of layups, threes, and free throws. That doesn't mean bigs can't score as witnessed by Karl-Anthony Towns recently with outside/inside scoring.
Develop actions for posts to get layups.
Elbow get (think get everyone involved)
Pick-and-pop. Coach Hacks reminds us that there are many ways to attack drop coverage.
"Old school" ways to beat switching defenses:
— Matt Hackenberg (@CoachHackGO) March 18, 2025
- Slipping the screen
- Hit the roller
- Isolate the mismatch (big vs little & vice versa)
"New school" ways:
- Ghost screens (as seen in this clip)
- Brush screens
- Gortat screen (seal screen) pic.twitter.com/A7XPofyybk
Slips (think release to basket) In this clip "Professor Pick-and-Roll" Chris Paul assists off of a rescreen.
Seal and score The post game requires ball entry first.
Zoom Mulitple options including the post getting a roll pass off of the DHO.
Gortat screen. Drop coverage is common. Screen after screen is less common. Nothing is perfect and illegal screening can happen.
Everything bagel. "Everything sets up everything else." How about high ball screens setting up corner cuts for layups?
Lagniappe. Learn across domains. Defenses are taught to react in certain ways (e.g. "jump to the ball"). Offenses take advantage of that with varied concepts. Kyle Shanahan is far more than a "nepo baby" with system development.
