Duke's Use of Flare Screens
Xs&Os Breakdown from Jon Scheyer's Playbook
The college basketball season is back!
But things are changing.
Duke’s Jon Scheyer and his staff have been open about trying to bring pro-level strategies into the program.
It’s not just Duke, either. With an influx of younger coaches, gone are the days of simple 2- or 3-man actions with predictable patterns.
While there’s nothing new “under the sun,” coaches are getting more creative in how they design halfcourt offenses.
5-Out Point Hammer
The great thing about consecutive actions and multiple actions is that they force 5 defenders to guard every second of the possession. Nobody gets a rest. Get caught ball watching and you’re going to give up a big advantage shot.
For example…
A familiar 5-Out / Princeton-type look, the point guard enters the ball to the 5. Instead of everyone waiting for the PG to do something, all five players get ready to move.
The strong-side corner (3) circles through towards the top of the key while 1 moves over top of the 5 for a handoff. As 1 comes around the 5, 2 sets a hammer for 4. All the action on the strong side distracts x2 and x4, who give up an open 3PA in the corner.
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5-Out Flare Split
My personal opinion: Teams should use more flare screens. The ability to basically go into split action off, essentially, a blind screen creates all kinds of trouble for defenses.