Wednesday, December 07, 2005

[bball] Kevin Pelton a Pick-and-Roll-rol

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Basically, there are four main ways NBA teams defend the pick-and-roll:

Switch it - The players defending the ballhandler and the picker switch, usually creating a mismatch. Barkley and Smith do not believe this is a successful defense (at least against Nash and the Suns).

Trap - Both defenders go towards the ballhandler and aggressively trap him while the other three defenders zone against the four remaining offensive players.

"Show" or "Hedge" - The player defending the picker briefly steps out into the ballhandler's path, slowing him up enough that the player defending the ballhandler has time to recover. Then the player defending the picker recovers to his original man. It's worth noting that this is how the Spurs usually defend the pick-and-roll.

Go under the pick - Done only against weak shooters, the player defending the picker steps back to allow the player defending the ballhandler to go between him and the screen and get to his man. This leaves an open jumpshot for the ballhandler.

There are also two main locations for pick-and-rolls -- at the top of the key and at the elbow (the free-throw line extended to approximately where it would intersect the 3-point line).