Did members of our staff sudy Geno's offense while devising the offense we currently run? I will state without question, with what I know of our staff, they spent countless hours studying film, including Geno, including Pete Carrill, including European league play, including the Warriors from the past decade, the Knicks from the early 1970's and likely anything else the could have gotten their hands on.
What Geno runs (has run forever basically) is a slight variation of Bobby Knight's motion offense. What we currently run compares with that only in that it can also be categorized as a motion offense. The player movement, the screens, the pin downs, the ball movement all are different from anything I've seen in my lifetime (I've been watching this sport since the late 1960's). A massive part of what makes this offense so special is the off ball screens (pin downs) that most fans aren't aware of as prior to this there would be no reason to ever look for them. I cannot count how many times over the past two seasons where one of our players came open seemingly out of nowhere solely because od something away from the ball that nobody (including the opponent) would ever consider. This may be the most beautiful offense I've ever seen and I saw the Knicks when they had group of unselfish, future hall of fame players who could all handle the ball, pass, move, score as well as anyone in the game.
