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Basketball Play - A look at the Lakers' pick-and-roll sans Nash (Pt. 1)

A look at the Lakers' pick-and-roll sans Nash (Pt. 1)

Mark Travis 12/03/2012

The Los Angeles Lakers have had their ups-and-downs since Mike D'Antoni was named their new head coach, which was expected with Steve Nash being out, but the one consistent theme with the offense so far has been how well Kobe Bryant is working out of the pick-and-roll. Forget scoring, which Bryant is doing at an elite level even in his 17th season, Kobe, whose reputation as a gunner has sullied his beautiful passing ability, is facilitating the offense extremely well in the abscene of Nash. On this play we can see how Kobe makes a great read to find a wide open shooters as well as how much attention Dwight Howard draws onn the pick-and-roll. This is the kind of play that D'Antoni is thinking about when he considers starting Antawn Jamison over Pau Gasol for spacing purposes. See More

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Basketball Play - Utilizing the Lakers' talent

Utilizing the Lakers' talent

Mark Travis 11/22/2012

Mike D'Antoni said something very interesting about his up-tempo offensive philosophies. He said that if you have the best team, why not try to give your players the most possessions possible. The theory being that the more times that Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash have to execute their offensive brilliance, the better it will be for his team since the opposition's talent won't be able to match them. If the game slows down, all of the sudden your margin for error shrinks and a handful of mistakes can cost you a game. D'Antoni also said that he expects the Lakers to average around 110-115 points per game, which are numbers that haven't been reached since the Nash/Amare combo in Phoenix was broken up. Those two things tell us that the Lakers will be playing at a very fast pace from now on, and despite the popular belief that their roster is too old to run, a free flowing offense is exactly what a veteran team wants in favor of a methodical offense like Boston runs which requires a lot of physical screening and post-up attempts. And having playmakers like Nash and Kobe together only makes this team more dangerous offensively because of his versatile they are coming off of pick-and-rolls. Nash is perhaps the greatest to ever operate a screen-and-roll and Bryant, because of his propensity to shoot, is a very underrated passer. Throw-in the most skilled big man in the league at power forward in Pau Gasol and the best finisher the league has seen since Shawn Kemp in Dwight Howard and we could have the makings of Showtime 2.0. This play that I have designed would make good use of the cavalcade of skill players that the Lakers have. Because of the up-tempo offense the Lakers will be running, the play starts in semi-transition with Kobe handling the ball at the start. I have inserted Jodie Meeks into the line-up for Metta World Peace to add a true floor spacer. The shots that this set produces are all optimal ones based on these players career hotspots and you can run it several different ways with different players on the floor. It is best with this set up, though, with Kobe initiating the action, Nash bringing a ton of secondary concerns and Howard acting as the league's best roll man and lob catcher. See More

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Basketball Play - Pick and Pop

Pick and Pop

Tim Springer 09/30/2012

1 screens the ball with a sideline and pops to the wing. 1 has the option to catch and shoot or drive to the basket Drill: Screen the chair (#), and pop for 15 makes with catch and shoot. Also make 15 one dribble jump shots with same drill. Do on both sides of the court. See More

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Basketball Play - Dribble Relocation Drills

Dribble Relocation Drills

Brandon Bailey 09/30/2012

BASELINE DRIFT - 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees and drives to the basket - 2 man simulates his man helping on the drive and drifts to the baseline - 1 comes to a jump stop and passes to 2 for with his baseline hand for the shot (NOTE: 2 man, don't sprint to the corner. Stay in your stance and slide to the corner) CRACK BACK - 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees and drives to the basket - 2 man simulates his man helping on the drive and drifts to the wing - 1 comes to a jump stop, reverse pivots with his 1/2 court foot, and passes to 2 for the shot (NOTE: 2 man, don't sprint to the wing. Stay in your stance and slide to the wing) WAKE - 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees and drives to the basket - 2 man simulates his man helping on the drive and drifts to the wake - 1 comes to a jump stop, and passes with his 1/2 court hand to 2 for the shot (NOTE: 2 man, don't sprint to the wake. Stay in your stance and slide to the wake) See More

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Basketball Play - Downscreen Shooting

Downscreen Shooting

Brandon Bailey 09/29/2012

TIGHT CUT (2 man's defender trails the cut, and doesn't get screened): - 2 man sets up his cut by walking his imaginary man DEPTH of the screen - Once he gets to the depth of the screen, the 2 man changes his speeds and cuts around the screen (Cone) - The 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees, takes one dribble and dilvers the ball to the 2 man who tight cuts to the basket CURL CUT (2 man's defender trails the screen, and gets screened): - 2 man sets up his cut by walking his imaginary man DEPTH of the screen - Once he gets to the depth of the screen, the 2 man changes his speeds and cuts behind the screen (Cone) - The 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees, takes one dribble and dilvers the ball to the 2 man POCKET CUT (2 man's defender goes underneath the screen, and gets screened): - 2 man sets up his cut by walking his imaginary man DEPTH of the screen - Once he gets to the depth of the screen, the 2 man changes his speeds and cuts behind the screen (Cone) - The 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees, takes one dribble and dilvers the ball to the 2 man FADE CUT (2 man's defender goes underneath the screen, and doesn't get screened): - 2 man sets up his cut by walking his imaginary man DEPTH of the screen - Once he gets to the depth of the screen, the 2 man changes his speeds, gets to the shoulders of the screen, reads the defense, and fades - The 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees, takes one dribble and dilvers the ball to the 2 man BACK CUT (2 man's defender goes over the top of the screen): - 2 man sets up his cut by walking his imaginary man DEPTH of the screen - Once he gets to the depth of the screen, the 2 man changes his speeds, gets to the shoulders of the screen, reads the defense, and backcuts - The 1 man sweeps the ball below his knees, takes one dribble and dilvers the ball to the 2 man See More

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