Basketball - Teaching Video Points

"The biggest element that changed over time, however, was I went from watching what was there to watching for what was missing and should have been there. I went from watching what happened to what could have and should have happened." - from The Mamba Mentality, Kobe Bryant

Basketball is a game of ________ (mistakes, advantage, mismatches, cutting and passing, etc.) 

I hoped to find the good example of a "Gortat Screen" where the screener screens high and then rescreens in the paint but it wasn't available. 

Siakam gets a size advantage, the pass is true, and he finishes. 

Speed kills. Blown assignment. OKC is known for its suffocating halfcourt defense. Pacers attack a confused OKC defense with a "lone corner" three. 

 

Less common PnR action as SGA's brilliance allows for a cutback and finish. 

The "help dilemma..." Caruso penetrates and Pacer helps exposes an open Dort for an uncontested three. "Draw two" defenders.

 

Increase points/possession with paint touches and ball reversal ('one more' passes). Teach 0.5 second decisions...

 

Head turning, penetration, and a corner cut yield a dunk.

 

Basketball is a game of deception. McConnell drives baseline and a subtle fake opens another open corner three. 

"A great shot fake is a shot not taken." Turner called that bank?

 

Lagniappe. Chris Oliver shares a great example of the sequence of spacing, player and ball movement and the scoring moment. 

Who doesn't love a good horns set?

Horns ball screen to an empty cut that sets up a weak side pin screen curl to space. pic.twitter.com/0z3S4GAV13

— Chris Oliver (@BBallImmersion) June 5, 2025

Lagniappe 2. Kelvin Sampson's "unscripted points." 

Houston Basketball; Win “Unscripted Points”.
1) 2nd Shots; double opp Fast Break Pts with 2nd Shot Pts.
2) Create Pts off Turnovers w/ Deflections, Ball Scrn Def & Post Monster.
3) FB Points; Outwork opponent by running the floor.
~ Kelvin Sampson on Knowing How you will Win! pic.twitter.com/2gk24REtno

— JIM BOONE 🏀 (@CoachJimBoone) June 4, 2025

Lagniappe 3. From "The Why Is Everything" - Do players respect and buy in? "You wanna know the best thing we do in L.A.? It’s not scheme. It’s not Xs and Os. It’s emotional IQ. That’s the f***ing challenge. The challenge isn’t Matt getting Aaron to respect him as a football mind. It’s connecting. You’re still in the selling process of getting guys to buy in and believe. This guy is so smart. He doesn’t respect anybody unless they’re on his level. But if you’ve got the ability to challenge him, on a level where he respects you and you’re not infringing on Aaron Rodgers the person, it can be amazing.”"