With the pick-and-roll, the ball handler dribbles off the screen, reads the coverage and makes a decision: shoot, pass (roll man going to the rim or a kick-out for a 3PA) or a re-screen. Passes are liable to be intercepted or deflected or dropped, resulting changes of possession. Primarily, this approach keeps the ball in the hands of the team’s top playmaker and puts the defense into rotation, while limiting turnovers. This offensive philosophy - the reliance on spread pick-and-roll - has its strengths. Top 5 efficiency: Few, Otzelberger, Scott, Bennett, McDermott /EUcAGPZBoj Top 5 usage: Keatts, D'Antoni, Byington, Christian, Duquette With that 4-around-1 approach, NC State has become one of the signature high-volume pick-and-roll offenses in the country.īall screen usage and efficiency by coach in this decade (min 100 games coached) It’s a straightforward design: three or four shooters, at least one ball handler and one screener who dives to the rim. When Kevin Keatts arrived in Raleigh, he brought with him an offense that centers itself around pick-and-roll action: space the floor and work to bend the defense with efficient screen-dive decision-making.
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