With 9 minutes left in the second half of their game with St. Mary's, VCU Coach Will Wade called "Buck 5" for a BLOB to score. This BLOB starts with a 4 low formation, but quickly morphs into flex offense with an option to hit the 5 man coming off a cross screen from the 1, and a downscreen for the 1 to score on an iso from the wing (what happened in this instance). See More
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Brad Stevens uses Isaiah Thomas as a screener frequently because of the extra attention the Celtics' top scorer receives. A common screen-the-screener action is the Flex set up, where Thomas would come off a down screen after setting the Flex. Instead, he sets a back screen here after the flex, with the rim unguarded on the flex overload for an easy alley oop opportunity. See More
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Flex is a very common action in all levels, high school to NBA. At the highest levels, if a team wants optimal posting position off a flex screen, they must disguise that a flex screen is coming by running false movement early in the set. Jeff Hornacek did this with the Suns, mixing it in with his pitch offense. See More
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With a player like Andrew Wiggins that can score inside and out, Wolves coach Sam Mitchell got creative last season with how he used Wiggins in flex situations. 23 Flex Clear is an action that can utilize Wiggins as a screener or as the post-up option in the wing. He either comes off a flex screen into a post isolation situation, or he can set a flex screen for another wing and then come off a down screen on the opposite side for a jump shot. See More
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Flex counter that is common in the NBA, with a staggered screen for the man that came off the flex screen -- great read if the man coming off the flex is fronted in the post. See More
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The Flex Offense is a patterned offense run at all levels of basketball. The offense is initiated with a ball reversal, a "flex cut" and screen the screener action. There are unlimited options out of this offense for quick hitters and counters. See More
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Australia ran a flex set with a double staggered. See More
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Golden State combines a flex action with an elevator screen to get Steph Curry an open 3-point shot at the top of the key. Steph cuts off of a flex screen then sprints straight through an elevator screen. See More
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Italy used this play at the end of the game to get a drive to the rim off of a flex down screen. See More
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Coach Tony Bennett called this play to use flex action out of a baseline out-of-bounds situation. The ball is thrown in to 5 flashing up the lane line. The point guard then sets a flex screen for 4 in the corner. If 4 isn't open on the post up, 5 sets a down screen for 1 who cuts up towards the slot for a shot. See More
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This is a nice flex action play with a staggered screen for a shooter added in at the end. See More
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One of the most common actions we faced at the recent FIBA U17 World Championship was Horns into Flex sets. Almost every nation we faced had their version of this. The ones drawn up today are by the Spain team who we faced in the quarter finals. I liked thier three seperate reads that they would generate out of the action, each look depending on what they needed at each stage of the game. Horns is still the most commonly used action in youth international play, but this campaign compared to the last saw a lot more flex action out of it. See More
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Ways to get the ball screener to "arrive alone" when setting the ball screen. See More
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Four-Low BLOB with Flex action. See More
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The Raptors make it look like they are going into typical flex actions (cross screen/down screen), but instead flip the flex cutter into a staggered screen. DeRozan can then choose to use the staggered screen or use a single down screen for a shot. See More
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