Good spacing and movement before a screening action are essential in post isolation opportunities. On this set, Nikola Vucevic comes off two cross screens to get him open for a post isolation opportunity. Nice action drawn up by old Magic coach Jacque Vaughn. 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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Good baseline out of bounds play to use against a 2-3 zone. Forces the zone to match up with your players. See More
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The 2 pops to the weakside wing. The 1 sets a back pick for the 5 and gets a screen from the 4 in a pick the picker action to get him the ball on the strong side wing. Immediately on the catch the 1 drives baseline. The 5 sets the hammer screen to bring the 2 to the corner. The 2 can also cut on the inside if his defender jumps to the outside to take the corner away. The 4 can set a screen for the 3 as well. See More
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Australia ran this play down 85-84 with 41.4 seconds left in their bronze medal game against Spain. Matthew Dellavadova (1) got the inbounds pass off of the screen from 3 and drove baseline looking for Patty Mills (2)in the corner. Spain took away the hammer screen from Aron Baynes (5), so Mills cut to the FT line and received the pass from 1 for the shot to give them the lead. See More
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Spain ran this play on consecutive possessions in the last 2 minutes of the bronze medal game against Australia. On the first possession they were able to get a post up score for Pao Gasol (5). Australia denied the ball reversal the second time resulting in a layup opportunity for the 1 and a tip dunk for Gasol. See More
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Australia ran this as their opening play in the bronze medal game against Spain. Their player and ball movement were able to spread the defense out and allow Aron Baynes (4) to get an isolation in the post on the duck in. See More
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Team USA ran this early in the 1st quarter of the gold medal game against Serbia. Klay Thompson (2) made a tight curl around the first screener in the stagger (4) to pull his defender with him and keep him from providing help. Kevin Durant (3) then turned the corner on the dribble handoff for a shot. See More
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Serbia ran this play with 1:06 left in the 3rd quarter in the gold medal game against Team USA. They were able to use the backscreen to get a good look at a layup. This play also has an option for a screen for a shooter if the post player isn't open. See More
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Team USA ran this play with 5:14 left in the 1st quarter in the gold medal game against Serbia. The relatively easy screening action proved difficult to guard when they put two shooters at the 4 (Kevin Durant) and the 2 (Klay Thompson) spots. Serbia was able to deny the initial pass to Durant but when he cut to the wing his defender had to stick with him. This gave space to Thompson to read the screen and get open along the baseline for the shot. See More
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Serbia ran this play with 1:40 left in the 1st quarter in the gold medal game against Team USA. Milos Teodosic (2) made an Iverson cut as a decoy to set up the elevator screen and 3 point shot from Bogdan Boganovic. See More
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