Xs & Os Pet Pieve

[DogMania]

Something that I observed over the years and particularly this year with the current UConn team, when on a semi 3 on 2 (correction: this would be in a 4 on 3 or 5 on 4 situation where there is too much traffic to attack the basket) break where they're looking for some early offense, when they don't have a good path to the basket, the ball handler often doesn't dribble towards the side of the court where they have an overload of teamates. I'm not sure if I'm describing this well but if the handler takes the ball where they have another offensive player on the left side with only one defender, that defender can only cover one of those two players. The handler if he has a lot of space can stop and take the open three, or if the defender tries to close on him, has an easy pass to the player on his side of the court for catch and shoot wide open three.

Way too often I see the player leading that semi fast break either stop at the top of the key or go to the other side where there isn't a teammate. If you have a team that has a lot of good three-point shooters, dribbling to the overload side where one of those two players take an uncontested three should yield some good results.

I just don't know why more players don't recognize this advantage.

 

[Palatine]

I would be happy to see us pass on a fast break.

 

[Stew Crew]

Something that I observed over the years and particularly this year with the current UConn team, when on a semi 3 on 2 break where they're looking for some early offense, when they don't have a good path to the basket, the ball handler often doesn't dribble towards the side of the court where they have an overload of teamates. I'm not sure if I'm describing this well but if the handler takes the ball where they have another offensive player on the left side with only one defender, that defender can only cover one of those two players. The handler if he has a lot of space can stop and take the open three, or if the defender tries to close on him, has an easy pass to the player on his side of the court for catch and shoot wide open three.

Way too often I see the player leading that semi fast break either stop at the top of the key or go to the other side where there isn't a teammate. If you have a team that has a lot of good three-point shooters, dribbling to the overload side where one of those two players take an uncontested three should yield some good results.

I just don't know why more players don't recognize this advantage.

The fast break after the Karaban block in the Florida game shows why you bring the ball to the top of the key. With good spacing, a single defender cannot defend two players. If Smith goes right, he draws the defender to Karaban.

 

[navery12]

Something that I observed over the years and particularly this year with the current UConn team, when on a semi 3 on 2 break where they're looking for some early offense, when they don't have a good path to the basket, the ball handler often doesn't dribble towards the side of the court where they have an overload of teamates. I'm not sure if I'm describing this well but if the handler takes the ball where they have another offensive player on the left side with only one defender, that defender can only cover one of those two players. The handler if he has a lot of space can stop and take the open three, or if the defender tries to close on him, has an easy pass to the player on his side of the court for catch and shoot wide open three.

Way too often I see the player leading that semi fast break either stop at the top of the key or go to the other side where there isn't a teammate. If you have a team that has a lot of good three-point shooters, dribbling to the overload side where one of those two players take an uncontested three should yield some good results.

I just don't know why more players don't recognize this advantage.

Maybe I'm just misunderstanding but the advantage you're saying you want is created by going to the opposite side or top of the key. As a single defender is it easier to defend 2 opposing players that are 8 feet apart or 20-30 feet apart?

 

[HW611]

Maybe I'm just misunderstanding but the advantage you're saying you want is created by going to the opposite side or top of the key. As a single defender is it easier to defend 2 opposing players that are 8 feet apart or 20-30 feet apart?

If you’re passing to some 20-30 feet apart it makes it easy for a help defender to recover.

Unless they are cutting to the rim which should be the case with any fast break.

 

[navery12]

If you’re passing to some 20-30 feet apart it makes it easy for a help defender to recover.

Unless they are cutting to the rim which should be the case with any fast break.

Yeah that's fair, they should definitely be cutting to the rim. I'm just a little confused by the insinuation that you should dribble towards your teammate which seems like the only thing you should never do

 

[husky429]

Yeah that's fair, they should definitely be cutting to the rim. I'm just a little confused by the insinuation that you should dribble towards your teammate which seems like the only thing you should never do

I have no idea what the OP is trying to say honestly. 3 on 2s aren't something you can be very perscriptive with like a 2 on 1. Typically you have a fast break philosophy and roles you have guys fill. I taught a two-side fast break. Most teams are having one guy space the floor and another run the rim in a 3 on 2 break.

 

[HW611]

Yeah that's fair, they should definitely be cutting to the rim. I'm just a little confused by the insinuation that you should dribble towards your teammate which seems like the only thing you should never do

The main thing is everyone has a lane to run moreso than run towards or away from someone imo.

Run lanes and put pressure on the defender to make them make a choice. However that is.

 

[HW611]

I have no idea what the OP is trying to say honestly. 3 on 2s aren't something you can be very perscriptive with like a 2 on 1. Typically you have a fast break philosophy and roles you have guys fill. I taught a two-side fast break. Most teams are having one guy space the floor and another run the rim in a 3 on 2 break.

Yeah the video here is just guys running a transition break for the most part. Usually the guy in the far lane always has the option of running to the corner or to the rim depending on how the defense is playing it/the kind of player they are.

It’s up to the guy with the ball to attack the defense in whatever way he sees fit to get himself or his teammates the best look.

 

[KemGiffeyJr]

One thing that dries me crazy is both on fast breaks and late game situations we tend to hold on to the ball and expect to be fouled rather than make another pass. I think That could be a simple change that would really help us out

 

[DogMania]

Yeah that's fair, they should definitely be cutting to the rim. I'm just a little confused by the insinuation that you should dribble towards your teammate which seems like the only thing you should never do

I'm saying in a situation where you have numbers but not a good path to the basket, you dribble towards the defender who needs to decide if he's going to cover the person with the ball or the player who flared out to the wing. Once a Defender commits to the ball handler the teammate that flared out to the wing it's often wide open. I've seen good shooting college teams do this, and quite often in the NBA which is 3-point happy these days.

Looking closer at this I probably should have described it more with a 4 on 3 or 5 on 4 situation. With a 3 on 2 you usually attack the basket.

 

[Spaceman213J]

I think there are times when the guys are trying to just to get to the rim at full speed and hoping to draw a foul or hope the other guys get a rebound and putback. Ajax, Newt and Cam were great at gearing down a bit and let the guys on the wings become options and make the defender make a decision.

 

[husky429]

One thing that dries me crazy is both on fast breaks and late game situations we tend to hold on to the ball and expect to be fouled rather than make another pass. I think That could be a simple change that would really help us out

Typically the stats say taking it 1v1 is going to be a better shot than making the pass in 2v1 or similar.