Month: August 2018

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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr runs some incredible action as well as establishing an amazing motion offense. A big part of these sets and motion that allows them to work is the initial action before each set – primarily motion strong. Motion Strong is a set that the Spurs and Pop made famous and is now run by almost every team at every level. Now we have established the base – the motion strong part – we will look how it flows into Horns.

Horns formation is the ball in the middle of the floor, two players – typically both bigs – at the elbows and two players – usually guards – in the corners.

The basic idea of this play is utilizing a counter out of their basic motion action to get a backdoor with weakside action. I love plays that involve a main action and have weakside movement or action to force the defense to guard every spot on the floor. Obviously this is magnified with the Golden State Warriors personnel and the fact they have 3 of the most lethal scorers in the NBA today, but I think the concept at the high school level can work. After the point guard passes to the big who is trailing, the big flips is back and both bigs sprint to the elbows. The point guard then hits the elbow and cuts opposite with the other big – forming a stagger.

The big at the elbow then turns and dribbles at the guard in the corner – usually Kevin Durant – who would setup his cut and go backdoor. If the guard cutting backdoor is covered then the weakside stagger for Klay Thompson would be the next look. The ability to run a shooter off a stagger screen with backdoor action combined with these skilled players and it is a great play.

Enjoy!

Coach Pyper
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This set is designed for a shooter after decoy action, out of Iverson Series that is extremely common throughout the NBA. The Iverson cut is a basic action that is designed to get a guard cutting over the top of two bigs from wing to wing.

After the Iverson Cut, the guard will receive a pass from the point guard on the wing. As the player uses the Iverson cut to get open, the guard in the corner will clear opposite and empty out that space. When the guard receives the pass he will drive to the baseline and draw x4 away when he has to help. This allows the 4 man to set a “throwback” screen for the shooter – in this case 2.

The footwork for 4 here is plant hard outside and fake a ballscreen, then turn and set the throwback screen for 2.

This is great action against teams that ICE side ballscreens (Chicago Bulls ICE Defense – Michael Bowden on YouTube), since x4 will drop every time in that coverage.

Enjoy!

Coach Pyper
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