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What is PER in Basketball? John Hollinger devised an all in one basketball rating adjusted to pace of play and an individual’s playing time to rank NBA players, present and past. He readily admits that it’s not full proof and yet, it’s widely accepted and used. He also admits that defensive efficiency for NBA players…
Man set with a double ball screen, dribble hand-off option and a baseline double screen for a shooter. The 4 and 5 set a double screen for the point guard. The PG goes to the wing, 2 comes of a dribble hand off with the 1. 4 and 5 then set a double screen for the…
Kite is a sideline out of bounds play with some great actions for getting a “dead ball” bucket. There is a screen for a wing to get a look in the corner, back screen for a lob to a big man and a give and go dribble hand off for the inbounder if all else…
Simple Baseline Out Basketball Inbounds Play for a Man Defense that utilizes a Flex cut get an open look on the block. This baseline out basketball inbounds play starts in a standard box set. You will probably want to put your best inside finisher in the position occupied by the 4 as they will be…
Would You Rather Score or Have a Good Possession? Obviously, the answer is both but realistically if you have 70 possessions in a game, for instance, you’ll never score on all of them. Even scoring on half of them is acceptable very often. But while it’s impossible to score on all your possessions, in theory…
Yesterday I watched Coach Tom Izzo’s Michigan St. Spartans practice and even though they were basically reviewing all their offense and defense in preparation for an exhibition game against Northern Michigan, the program’s hallmark of toughness was still very evident. In retrospect, if you had told me 20 years ago, after serving a 12 year…