Overusing Ball Screens

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The ball screen has become a very popular offensive strategy in the game of basketball. In many situations, coaches are overusing ball screens. Just because it looks good on paper, or just because it looks good on TV, doesn’t mean it will work for your team. Mastered by the duo of John Stockton and Karl Malone, […]

Spin Move on Basketball Analytics

Basketball analytics suggest that teams should shoot 3’s, free throws, and layups or dunks.  If a team makes 35 out of 100 3’s, they would have to make over 50% of their 2’s to score the same number of points. Of course, you would rarely turn down a dunk to shoot a 3, just because […]