Dribble-drive ballscreens
 | 1 This ballscreen series uses dribble-drive concepts, e.g. 5 is weakside and 4 can attack the basket, see Offence - Dribble-drive basics. For other ballscreens that can be used with dribble-drive, see Offence - Xavier middle ballscreens (Pop, Heat, Drag into 7 cut, Flip wide), Fast breaks - Versoix, Versoix specials, and Early ballscreens (relocate the post).
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 | 1) Loop a) Loop for 1 4 cuts through the ballside elbow area to the wing, 5 cuts off his butt to pick and roll. Mads Olesen - through cut - on a step-back dribble by 1 (or if denied), 4 cuts to the basket then clears out opposite dribble penetration (pushing up 2 or 3). Andrew Grantz - 4 cuts to the ballside corner if 1 uses a reverse dribble, this can be used as a pressure release. |
 | 3 b) Loop for 4 1 passes to 4, loops to the wing, 5 picks and rolls.  |
 | 2) Chin a) For 1 5 backscreens for 4 then picks and rolls with 1, 4 replaces. Olesen, Grantz - 4 keeps going to the corner, pushing up 2. Option - start with a 1-to-4 pass, 5 backscreens on a return pass to 1. Variation - 4 downscreens for 5 (Fist). Grantz - if 4 brings the ball upcourt he can pass to 1, giving 5 a signal to backscreen. See Fast breaks - Versoix specials (Backscreen-ballscreen), Versoix (Fist). |
 | 5 On a throwback to 4, 1 can cut to the other side, creating a bigger gap in the middle. |
 | 6 b) Chin for 4 1 passes to 4, 5 backscreens for 1 then picks and rolls. Brad Stevens - chin to a high spread ballscreen. See Zone offence - Nets chin series (4 passes to 3 and gets a return pass), Zone set plays - Nets forwards out (4 passes and basket cuts, 5 ballscreens for 3). |
 | 3) Gator 4 pins down for 3 who gets a pass, 5 backscreens for 1 then picks and rolls, 4 will replace. Variation - 2 runs the baseline, 1 uses 5 then replaces 2. See Fast breaks - Florida 2005, YouTube videos - Raptors Chin pick and roll, Backscreen-ballscreen. |
 | 4) Suns a) Suns for 1 5 sprints out to pick and roll, the ballscreen can be flat or angled, 4 spaces and spots up (or dives if he is not a shooter). Olesen - 5 sprints up to ballscreen any time 1 calls fist, he can use misdirection, sprint up like he is going to set a screen to make 1 go middle but at the last second set it on the outside. To start, 1 can pass to 2 and make a replace cut (instead of cutting through he puts on the brakes and replaces himself), on a return pass, 4 cuts through to the basket (the same action as a pull-back dribble), 5 sprints right off 4's back to ballscreen on the run, and 2 drops to the corner. 4 will hesitate under the hoop then corner cut opposite 1's penetration. Xavier - 4 cuts to the weakside corner on a wing-entry pass, 1 replaces himself for a catch and has a huge gap to drive, or 5 sprints to pick and roll. See Fast breaks - Early ballscreens (Suns). |
 | 9 b) Suns for 4 1 passes to 4 and spaces away, 5 picks and rolls, the ballscreen can be flat or angled, here 3 fills behind as 5 rolls. Option - 5 downscreens for 3 (see 21 Down, below). Olesen - hitting 3 dragging behind is a good option, he may be open for a shot or post feed to 5 inside. You can have 1 spot up or kick back behind the ballscreen. |
 | 5) Over Jerry Petitgoue - 1 passes to 4 and follows to ballscreen. Variation - 1 brush cuts, or makes a dribble handoff. Option - Utah screen - any time the perimeter big (4 or 3) catches the ball, he can pass and follow to ballscreen. Marc Hart - Bulldog - a dribble-drive pass-and-screen option, any time you pass, ballscreen or screen away. Dave Clarke - motion away - 4 will pass and screen away, instead of setting a ballscreen. See Offence - Leitao 4-out 1-in motion. |
 | 6) Cross-five-get a) 1 passes to 2, cross-screens for 5 and clears weakside, 5 ballscreens (it can be a flat screen, allowing 2 to go left or right), and can roll or pop. 4 can dive weakside if he is not a shooter. Olesen - if 5 is a dominant big, post up then ballscreen. |
 | 12 b) Olesen - as a variation, 1 dribbles out 2, who sets the screen for 5, 1 gets the ballscreen. This can be a denial counter. |
 | 7) Vandy 1 passes to 2 and cuts to the weakside corner, 4 downscreens for 5, who ballscreens, 4 goes weakside. |
 | 8) Thru 1 passes to 2, basket cuts then uses 5 and 3 (Milwaukee Bucks Swing), 2 passes to 4. Olesen - 5 looks to screen every time someone cuts under him. |
 | 15 4 passes to 1, 3 cross-screens for 5, 4 downscreens for 3 then goes weakside (triangle motion). a) Cross-get 5 runs into a pick and roll with 1. |
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 | 9) Get back San Antonio Spurs - 1 passes to 2, nail cuts to the weakside, 2 passes to 4, 3 clears out. |
 | 18 4 passes to 1 who dribbles down into a side pick and roll with 5. |
 | 10) Butler action Fran Fraschilla - 1 passes to 4 and cuts to the other corner, 4 passes to 3 and cuts to the other wing, 5 picks and rolls, 1 will fill behind the ballscreen. Option - 1 basket cuts then exits using 5. |
 | 11) Pistol up 2 sets a step-up screen for 1, then uses a flarescreen from 4. Option - 4 flarescreens for 2 then ballscreens for 1. See Fast breaks - Nets (Pistol up). |
 | 12) 21 Flare Marc Hart - 1 uses the step-up screen, 5 screens the screener, 4 downscreens for 3 to keep defenders occupied. Tony Barone - 4 comes back to the ball if 3 curls the screen. See Fast breaks - Memphis (Pistol). |
 | 13) 21 Down Hart - 1 passes to 2 and sprints outside to the corner, 5 ballscreens then downscreens for 1 coming out of the corner, 4 pins down for 3 on the weakside. Option - 5 picks and rolls to the basket. Tom Izzo - 4 pins down for 3 then slips to the block. See Offence - Izzo quick strikes (Pistol). |
 | 14) Flex-fist 3 flex cuts using 5 and clears, 5 ducks in then sprints into a pick and roll with 1, 4 slides away. Option - 1 passes to 2, 5 chases to pick and roll. Grantz - 4 spaces to the corner, 3 flex cuts to the ballside low post and replaces as 5 rolls. See Offence - Flex specials (Fist, European play #7). |
 | 15) 4-out weave 1 drives middle for a kickback to 4, who dribble handoffs to 2 then pops, 5 picks and rolls. Variations - 1 passes to 4 and blur screens, or makes a dribble handoff. See Offence - Xavier middle ballscreens. |
 | 16) Dive 1 drives middle, 5 relocates, 4 dives, 3 gets a dribble handoff, 1 pops, 5 picks and rolls. Grantz - 4 keeps going to the corner, 2 lifts. See Fast breaks - Early ballscreens (Dive). |
 | 17) Rip (Early 1) San Antonio Spurs - 1 dribbles to the right wing, 2 rip screens for 4, who ballscreens. Option - 4 ballscreens if X4 goes under the screen (shown), or dives to post up if X4 chases over the screen. Grantz - 2 Back - 2 backscreens for 4, pops for a pass from 1 and attacks away from the passer. See Fast breaks - Spurs 2007 (post the trailer). |
 | 18) Grinnell 1 dribbles to the wing, 4 ballscreens, 2 clears and uses a stagger screen from 5 and 3. See Fast breaks - Grinnell, Nets (called play when both bigs trail). Ben Jacobson - if your point guard hands off on the wing, consider running him off a double screen to the other side of the court. |
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