Great posession to review ! Stunning

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Great posession to review ! Stunning
« on: January 04, 2010, 03:08:40 PM »
 For anyone that has the game recorded on DVR there is a very "Interesting" posession at 10:09 remaining in the first half.  This will really say it all, better than any words ever could.

Re: Great posession to review ! Stunning
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 10:59:06 PM »
I guess your beef is the fact Burrell is the only one not to touch the ball in the possession?

I thought he should have gotten the ball when he flashed into the high post however my bigger concern is the fact we still don't know how to play against a zone. We try and run the same damn offense whether we see man to man, 2-3, 1-3-1, etc.

Seriously its not that hard to know where the open passing lanes are in a zone. It's something I learned back in grammar school ball. Look at this screen shot of the play in question.



Burrell needs to be flashing in the high post near the free throw line. He can turn and his that shot with great efficiency. In addition to that Justin is a pretty solid passer so he can hit whoever is running baseline or out to a wing.

I'd have DJ at the top of the key as he can see over a zone, he can penetrate, shoot, and pass. He is truly a triple threat.

Now some coaches might put Brownlee on the baseline having your two perimeter oriented players (Hardy and Omari) out on the wings. However I'd put Hardy running baseline if at all shearly to play decoy and force the zone to cheat.

If you put Hardy on the baseline it forces the bottom guy on the zone to cheat over allowing more open space in the paint or the guy at the top of the zone cheats back. Either way you're creating the more open space in the zone and from there you can pick it apart.

We never use our personnel to our advantage. From game to game I never see us use mismatch opportunities to exploit the other team.
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Re: Great posession to review ! Stunning
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 10:59:47 PM »
For the Record Omari has the ball, Hardy is at the top of the key, DJ wing, Brownlee baseline, and Burrell in no man's land.
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Re: Great posession to review ! Stunning
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2010, 03:52:17 AM »
Norm is such a bad coach he doesn't even undertand how to use what he has.  Burrell is the perfect PF zone-buster because he has an awesome midrange.  You can bury Hardy in the corner and leave DJ on the same wing.  Pass into Burrell (which any 2-3 and most 1-3-1 zones will give you).

If they suck in off Hardy, kick it.  If Kennedy's man cheats, pass it to him, let him drive and see how the defense responds.  If they are slow, let him take it to the rack, if the defender near Hardy moves in, kick it to him for a WIDE OPEN shot. 

SKip passes against a zone are a killer.  Also, screening behind good ball movement is unstoppable.  It should have been alley oop city, but Norm Roberts apparently has never hear of screening off the ball.