Oklahoma City Thunder – Elbow Out Thru

The Oklahoma City Thunder ran this flare/elevator action last night vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. Many times the elevator in this alignment is set up with pick & roll. I really like this flare actio...

Golden State Warriors – Swing Elevator

Last month a shared an Early Offense action, Swing Quick, that the Golden State Warriors frequented in the 2014-2015 season. Last night they ran a variation of this set to get Klay Thompson through an...

Indiana Pacers Pick and Roll Need 3 #NBAPlayoffs

The Indiana Pacers ran this After Time-Out drawn up by Frank Vogel during their win over the Washington Wizards in Game 4 of 2014 EC Semi-Finals. What made this play so effective was Paul George’...

Rhody Elevator Need 3

This Rhody option is one to run as a quick hitter in a Need 3 situation. Once again it is essential that 2 cuts shoulder to shoulder off the screens from 5 and 4 to encourage X5 and X4 to become occup...

Golden State Warriors : ATO Elevator

At the end of regulation Saturday night, the Golden State Warriors’ head coach Mark Jackson drew up this quick hitter for a Need 3 for Stephen Curry. The Denver Nuggets defense tried to sufficat...

Quick Elevator – Need 3

This pre-season one of my JV players (who is a Freshman and probably could have started some games for me) broke his ankle during one of our pre-season workouts. He has been working his tail off to ge...

Boston Celtics: Squeeze

The Boston Celtics ran this quick action yesterday to get E’Twaun Moore a quick shot. If the shot is not there flow it into a quick pick and roll with corners filled....