Almost all teams run a three out, two in offense. Your point guard, shooting guard and small forward out on the perimeter, with the power forward and center down low on the blocks. This formation is wonderful if you’ve got traditional players at all five positions: big bangers down low and ball handlers who can [...]
Watching the NBA playoffs begin, I can’t help but love watching Pau and now, Marc Gasol and their incredible passing prowess. Both the brothers have an innate sense of when and where to get their teammates the ball, and allowed their coaches much more flexibility than otherwise possible. Both Mike Brown and Lionel Hollins do [...]
There’s 10 seconds left in the game. You’re down 3, with no timeouts left, so you can’t set up an inbounds play. What do your players do? If you don’t have a play you can call from the sideline for a quick three, they’ll just come down the court and heave up a low percentage [...]
As a coach who’s had the blessing of having some very talented wing players on my teams, but who believes the right way to play basketball is from the inside out, I sometimes have trouble getting my players to throw the ball into the post. Not only do they rarely throw it in, but because [...]
Ray Allen. Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan. Those are just some of the names that come to mind when you think of shooting guards, and they all have one thing in common – the ability to score the basketball. When thinking of the prototypical 2-guard, they would ideally have the skill to create their own shot [...]
One of the greatest luxuries as a coach is to have a player who is great at making decisions out of the pick and roll. However, eventually teams will start to put two and two together, clogging up the lane and making it difficult for the ballhandler to get into the lane and do what [...]
When faced with the zone, there are a couple of things that are key to having any success. You’re going to need to hit open shots, move the ball quickly, and make sure your big men are involved – whether that’s getting a post touch or crashing the offensive glass. Whether it’s a 3-2, 2-3, [...]
Sometimes when you have a great post player, half of the battle is just getting them the ball in a position to score. Once they’ve established that they can play, a simple post entry from the wing often isn’t enough, as the defense will begin to sag and collapse, giving them very little room to [...]
Earlier I wrote about how to get the triangle offense setup, and today, I will be exploring the various options available to you after that first entry pass. There are a number of things you can do, and you should adjust accordingly depending on your team’s strengths and weaknesses. These vary from a corner pick [...]
Phil Jackson, considered by many to be the greatest basketball coach of all-time, was the brainchild behind one of the most dominant offenses in NBA history, engineering his teams to 11 championships over the last 20 years. This offense is the famed Triangle offense, and it has long been heralded as an offense that allows [...]
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