How to Defend a Corner Fill

Recently I was fortunate to spend time with almost 20 NBA players for a week at the NBPA Top 100 Camp. One term that was used by one of them when defending a shooter in the corner with a potential win...

NBA Defensive Closeout Drill

I saw this drill last week while watching the 2013 NBA Real Training Camp. The drill in frame 1 is how the Brooklyn Nets were shown performing this drill. The variation in Frame 2 came from the LA Cli...

Orlando NBA Summer League Recap

As many of you know I spent the last three days at the NBA Summer League in Orlando. First I would like to thank the Orlando Magic for putting together yet another successful and organized event. To s...

NBA Defense : Top Locking

Yesterday I wrote a short tweet about how the Oklahoma City Thunder were top locking on the Memphis Grizzlies’ shooters to prevent them from coming off pin-downs in the 2nd Half. I had a few coa...

Defending Middle Pick and Rolls

In this article I am going to talk about the different techniques to defend the middle pick & roll. In my opinion, a middle pick & roll is anything set from the free-throw line extended and ab...