For this purpose, 12,376 pick and rolls from 502 matches were analyzed and classified in categories according to the end result of the offensive possession. The short pickandrolls were a staple for the steve nash phoenix suns see more. Phoenix s offense will showcase a certain symmetry that has been lacking. The pick and roll is the genesis of the modern nba offense. The suns offense revolved around nash and stoudemire pick and rolls and floor. The suns have easily been the biggest surprise over the first few weeks of the nba season. Phoenix will rise behind dangerous offense by fred kerber. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The suns ran the pick and roll far more often than they executed in. Clemsons brownell on why the motion offense is declining in college basketball. Pick and roll not the force it once was, but it still. As you can see below, this pick and roll offense starts out of the 14 high set, but you can start it from any set that you prefer. Fast break basketball offense phoenix suns transition offense. Suns protected top 7 pick would transfer because bucks pick is currently not in top 7.
One of the principles of a sound offense is that there must be penetration. With the rest of their young core, hes a perfect fit. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. Get all of the horns offense pick and roll plays in coach perkins horns dvd, the premium members section and the playbook download. Phoenix suns center deandre ayton has become one of the.
Deandre ayton has been on a recent tear, but it has resulted in many victories. Thats the reason why the trail blazers are a bad matchup for the suns and proved it again tonight. Phoenix s offense has been league average with ayton on the floor which is massive considering only two teams were less efficient. By all accounts deandre ayton out of arizona has a very promising nba career ahead of him after being selected with the first overall pick in the 2018 nba draft by the phoenix suns. Combining marion with the playmaking of booker and nash is perfect for the runandgun offense the suns have liked to run in the past. Oct 03, 2016 the phoenix suns new offense explained. The avenues with which you can go down when discussing the pick and roll are endless angles, spacing, player development, proper defensive technique. His pick and roll numbers each of the last two years have been similar. The phoenix suns fell, 12499, to the miami heat on monday night, and the offense utilized by lebron james and his teammates should have looked familiar to suns fans. Dantoni explains the knicks unguardable pick and roll. The avenues with which you can go down when discussing the pick and roll are endless angles, spacing. Noel gillespie, assistant coach, phoenix suns uptempo offense the early pick and roll offense is one of the hardest attacks to guard on any level.
Why the phoenix suns offense is so fun to watch youtube. This pick and roll offense can be extremely effective if you have 2 to 3 good ball handlers and 2 post players who have the ability to set good screens, roll to the basket, and finish at the goal. In recent years, pick and roll action has been the most popular primary. Mike dantoni phoenix suns 7 seconds or less playbook half court hoops. Joel embiid kills draft night, flames deandre ayton nbc. Dantoni explains the knicks unguardable pick and roll duration.
Early pick and roll is one of the hardest things to guard. He can run a pick and roll, and his turnover rate is manageable relative to this years usage. You know its coming, but theres only so much you can do about it. Other teams are integrating the spain pickandroll into other aspects of their offense. The phoenix suns have traded disgruntled guard eric bledsoe to the milwaukee bucks for center greg monroe, a 2018 protected firstround draft pick and a 2018 protected secondround pick. The phoenix suns summer league playbook by austin anderson.
New father ricky rubio has big night in phoenix suns win. The suns have revived themselves and very possibly the entire trendconscious nba by going retro and playing 1980s style, run and gun, showtime basketball. Introduction to 7 seconds or less offensive playbook this offensive playbook consists of the secondary break, quick hitters, halfcourt sets, and out of bounds series that have been developed by the phoenix suns and new york knicks. It doesnt quite come off the way theyd like, but watch here how. Bigs who cant shoot, need to roll to the basket or to the baseline for shorter shots. Espn analyst chauncey billups compared the 7foot1 big man to the 76ers star center. Phoenix suns opponent stats per game totals basketball. The genesis of mike d antonis gravitybased offense.
Introduction to 7 seconds or less offensive playbook. Can phoenix win with deandre ayton focal point of offense. The suns ran the pick and roll far more often than they executed in isolation, but with their constant running. Marion could also dunk on anybody, play elite defense, run the pick and roll, and he did all this without having a lot of plays run for him. Pick and roll offense coachs clipboard basketball coaching. Phoenix suns summer league playbook by austin anderson. The pick and pop is an offensive play that is a derivative of the classic pick and roll.
Suns use win over mavs, break to get ahead of the storm. The phoenix suns were the most entertaining and efficient team in the nba during. Ball screens and pick and roll action are the hardest things to guard. Pick and roll for basketball offensive guide basketball for. This month we are giving you the ultimate guide to reading the defense on the pick and roll. He excelled running dantonis pick and roll offense. Ricky rubio has been a big boost to the offense of devin booker and the suns. One signing the houston rockets need to make in free agency. Jamal murray has big game against suns new, 3 comments murray couldnt miss, racking up 36 points against devin booker and the phoenix suns on saturday night. The fast break is defined by 2 things, spacing and philosophy. Perhaps he should be used as the roll man more often.
Ricky rubio came back to the phoenix suns a firsttime dad and posted one of. Its also important that coaches implement an offense that doesnt involve the same screens being set. To improve the offense and cut turnovers, they should run it less. It has a tremendous wealth of knowledge on how they would play the run. New father ricky rubio has big night in phoenix suns win over new york knicks. Watch jamal murray highlights against suns denver stiffs. I have turned this post into a printer friendly pdf. The phoenix suns loved running their point guards through pick in rolls last season.
At least half are specifically for the pick and roll offense. Efficacy of the pick and roll offense in top level european. A complete guide to how nba teams defend the pick and roll. Watching the phoenix suns reminds me of the back to the future michael j.
The heat were using the quicktempo offense that was was run to perfection years ago in phoenix. Hes also a solid passer who can run pick and roll but often gets into a tough spot if hes forced to finish over length. In phoenix, they call all of their offenses attacks to help form an aggressive mindset. Phoenix suns center deandre ayton has become one of the best rebounders in the nba whats next. But the phoenix suns should still draft top offensive players. Nov 14, 2014 giving fans a taste of a pro coachs film session, host coach nick breaks down fundamentals, play calling, offense, defense, shooting form, officiating, and everything else basketball. Nba tv open court 2018 coaches edition load more posts. Developing players for a freeflowing offensive system. Fast break basketball offense phoenix suns transition. Team, gp, poss, freq, ppp, pts, fgm, fga, fg%, efg%, ft freq, tov freq, sf freq, and one freq, score freq, percentile. Stoudemire spent the majority of his career with the phoenix suns and formed one of the most dangerous pick and roll teams with steve nash running the point. And williams said working on pick and roll coverage was the focus something that against the nbas best.
That creates a pace that forces players to get up and down the court. Horns offense complete guide to plays run by every nba team. The 3 best shooting drills ever created click to download. Phoenix suns agree to deal that sends eric bledsoe to. Mar 28, 2017 fast break basketball offense phoenix suns transition offense stay safe and healthy. The phoenix suns ran the pick and roll at a high frequency and low efficiency last year. Suns starters show cohesion in preseason debut against. The suns philosophy is to get a shot within the first 7 seconds.
Every nba team now runs the horns offense also known as the a set the starting. Check out the 201516 schedule for upcoming games and broadcast channels. The basics of how they run their fast break is covered fairly quickly but the real emphasis of this video is getting into ball screens. Pick and roll not the force it once was, but it still drives best nba offenses the pick and roll used to be an impossible play to defend, but nba defenses found a way to adjust. His playmaking eruption gives him more value to the offense. Phoenix suns center aron baynes is the perfect player for the rockets to sign since he can rebound, defend and space the floor with his perimeter shooting. The pick and roll is the most deadly offensive action in basketball. This is true from youth basketball all the way up to the nba level. The phoenix suns selected french point guard elie okobo with the 31 overall pick of the draft. Aron baynes is a huge part of the suns renaissance. Click on the year for a summary of that years draft. Phoenix suns yearbyyear opponent pergame statistics. The pick and roll in basketball is an unguardable basketball moves offensive play in which a player sets a screen pick.
While the defensive fit might raise eyebrows at the time, the suns should absolutely take the best prospect available with regards to scoring. There is not much movement and there is not the traditional secondary or transition fast break options. Phoenix s offense has been league average with ayton on the floor which is. Partway into the 200304 season, he was promoted to head coach. Billy donovan spread screen and roll opening thoughts. The 20092010 phoenix suns were one of the best offense teams the nba has ever seen. How the suns can run an efficient offense with their new lineup. Amare stoudemire officially ended his year nba career this past when he announced his retirement.
Naturally, one game isnt everything, but the results can be fascinating. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. Here are three reasons why the phoenix suns should draft for offense, understanding the defense can improve. The pick and roll also called a ball screen or screen and roll is an offensive play in which a player sets a screen pick for a teammate handling the ball and then moves towards the basket rolls to receive a pass. Jackson said that his main focuses in vegas were leadership, getting stronger and. The suns struggled as they have done for years against teams with long, mobile front line players who rotate well and can handle switching on to steve nash which eliminates the pick and roll threat. If not, o4 ballscreens for o3, and o4 and o3 run the pick and roll diagram pr6. During the past decade, especially after the 2006 fiba world championship, the pick and roll offense was given a newfound level of attention. Instead of rolling toward the basket, however, the player setting the pick moves pops to an open area of the court to receive a pass from the ballhandler for a jump shot. Coach vonn read has submitted several plays from his book the basketball encyclopedia of plays to the coaching toolbox.
A pickandroll featuring eric bledsoe or devin booker as the ball handler. Today i break down the 2005 phoenix suns playbook where they led the nba in scoring and were known for the deadly and quick hitting. After being used almost exclusively as a spotup shooter as a freshman at kentucky, booker has expanded his game with the suns, logging the 27thmost pick and roll possessions in the nba. He has also served as an assistant coach in the wnba with the phoenix mercury, orlando miracle, and san antonio silver stars. The value of greens pick is that it puts duncans man, larry sanders, in a tough position to contest that side pick and roll. Fast breaks phoenix suns drag screens hoopsplaybook. I read a lot of stuff recently that called for the decline of the suns due to the changes terry porter has made and the change from their old 7 seconds or less offense under mike dantoni. Vonn is the associate head coach in the womens program at syracuse. Apr 19, 20 but in this case, duncan is coming to set a screen for parker. Booker seldom ran pick androlls with the wildcats, playing more of a kyle korver role in john caliparis offense, running off screens and spacing the floor.
Houston rockets head coach mike dantoni explains how to run an nba offense. Dantoni won the nba coach of the year award after his suns went 6220 to finish first in the regular season. Mike dantoni phoenix suns 7 seconds or less playbook youtube. Click on the link above to download the noel gillespie phoenix suns assistant coach early pick and roll attack. The phoenix suns new offense explained bright side of. Offense explodes in suns 123108 win over dallas phoenix suns. Noel gillespie early pick and roll attack phoenix suns november 29, 2015 february 1. The pick and roll in basketball is an offensive play in which a player sets a screen pick for a teammate handling the ball and then moves toward the basket rolls to receive a pass. The play starts with 1 passing the ball to high post position on the side where 2 is standing on the wing, then he curls around 3 at the other high post to fill the opposte wing. Clemsons brownell on why the motion offense is declining. The phoenix suns are trying to overcome the loss of amare stoudemire by plugging in hedo turkoglu.
Nash was experienced in the runandgun style from his previous stints with the dallas mavericks and the suns. Igor kokskovs most significant strength which is to create a system that fits its personnel. But specifically, returning to work thursday allowed the suns to find things clean up. Nov 09, 2015 mike d antoni offense the pistol offense or hurry up nba offense. Horns offense coachs clipboard basketball coaching. For the past few months, the heat index has been tracking who the experts have the phoenix suns selecting in the first round of the 2016 nba draft. The ultimate pick and roll guide premier basketball club. The second seconds or less phoenix suns changed the game, in a good way, and here is how and why all of that happened a few years ago. Phoenix has basically hovered around the 22win range over the last four years, but has raced out to a 6. This article on the pick and roll offense has been excerpted with permission from dr. Dantoni was hired by the phoenix suns in 2002 as an assistant.
The perfect trades to land nba stars their ideal sidekicks. Although the pick and roll action has been a mainstay in the nba for years now, it has recently. In the nba, the play came into vogue in the 1990s and has developed into. If you are looking for drills to use to help your screen and roll offense this is a good video. Clemsons brownell on why the motion offense is declining in. Coach hal wissel covers the entire progression from fundamentals to team play needed to become a complete player. A full playbook incorporates many different series, but using series.
That pick and roll attack is the primary reason phoenix was the nbas most efficient offense this. Caught the phoenix suns game against the chicago bulls last night. A pick and roll featuring eric bledsoe or devin booker as the ball handler. Seth pollack of suns blog bright side of the sun noticed the similarities, and says the offense is a. The results showed that the most effective type of pick and roll offense was when a shot was attempted after 2 passes from the pick and roll occurrence, followed by the. Run the pick and roll with a guard and a big, with. The phoenix suns starting five embraced monty williams quick offense and showed real cohesion in the first game of the preseason.
New phoenix suns coach monty williams has not been a head coach for five years. After screening, o4 has the option of either rolling to the hoop, or popping to the arc if he is a good shooter. A lot of phoenix s offense is predicated on the high screenand roll between gortat and dragic and then the suns just take whatever it is the opposition gives them as a. Elie okobo is a perfect fit for the new phoenix suns. Led by future hall of fame point guard steve nash the suns averaged 110. The teams reached an agreement in principle late monday night and finalized the terms tuesday morning, league sources told espn. Nash starts with the ball and has stoudemire set a ball screen as he moves. Phoenixs offense will showcase a certain symmetry that has been lacking.
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