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Today's Quote:
"It is amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares about who gets the credit." - Robert Yates, owner of Dale Jarrett's racing team | Today's Theme - Attacking Junk Defenses
Junk, or combination, defenses feature one or two defenders playing tight man-to-man denial defense on your best player(s), while the remaining defenders play a zone. These defenses are usually used against teams with one or two star perimeter players. Examples are the "box-and-1", the "triangle-and-2", the "diamond-and-1", the "1-3 and a chaser", and others. In attacking these defenses, if you want to keep things very simple, just use your favorite zone offense vs box-and-1 defenses, and your regular man-to-man offense vs the triangle-and-2 defense. Here, we'll discuss the "BB-offense"("Big-Blocker") that can be used against most of these defenses. BB uses a big post player set at the high-post (free-throw line) area. He/she acts mainly as a screener for our star perimeter players that we want to get open. But if nobody guards the "BB", he/she could be a scorer as well. Attacking the Box and 1 Defense With the box-and-1, the defense puts a defender (X2) tight on our best player O2, while the four remaining defenders set up in a "box" zone with X4 and X5 on the low blocks and X1 and X3 at the elbows. | | Here, we have our "BB" O5 set up along the lane, same side as O2. O1 engages the top defender on O2's side, as O2 slides down half-way to the corner. O5 back-screens X2, and O2 cuts around the screen (either above or below the screen, depending on where the X2 defender is), cuts into the middle of the box for a pass and pull-up jump-shot. O4 again ducks inside underneath for a possible pass. If the X4 defender comes up to defend O2, O5 seals X2 and back-cuts to the hoop for the pass from O2 (or a high lob directly from O1). Also see: Attacking the Box and 1
Attacking the Triangle and 2 defense: BB offense vs the Triangle and 2
Triangle and 2 Offense
Attacking the 1-3 and a Chaser: BB Offense vs the 1-3 and a Chaser
Attacking the Diamond-and-1 Defense: BB-Offense Vs the Diamond-and-1 Defense (Premium Members section) | | | | | |