5star pro-style early offence
 | 1 Bill McNally With a 35-second shot clock, they have five segments of possession: - quick strike after a make or miss (35-30 seconds) - early action (29-22 seconds) - set, continuity, quick hitter (21-10 seconds) - iso or ballscreen (9-0 seconds) - offensive rebounding plan. On a make, 4 always inbounds, 5 runs rim to rim, 1 gets his back to the sideline, 3 runs wide right below the foul-line extended, 2 runs wide left but looks over his shoulder to see if there is any difficulty getting the ball in. On a miss, if a perimeter player rebounds he pushes it upcourt, if a big rebounds the other big rim runs. Run for layups, early post-ups, open 3's for green-light shooters. Always try to pass ahead. Options are: - long pass to 5 (shown) - pass ahead to 3 for an early post-up or a 3-point shot (green-light shooter) - long diagonal pass to 2, 5 comes ballside, early post-up or shot - diagonal dribble to the other side in the frontcourt - dribble up the right side, 4 trails. |
 | 2 Drag 4 picks and pops if he is a shooter, otherwise he picks and rolls, 5 replaces. 1 takes two dribbles coming off the screen. If X4 hedges hard, 1 can reject the screen and drive to the basket, 5 goes to the opposite block. 1 can go wide over the screen, then 4 turns and re-screens, 5 goes to the other side. Drag can be used against a 2-3 zone. |
 | 3 Double drag Bring 5 high to double screen with 4, one big rolls, the other pops, or 5 and 4 then pin down for 3 (shown). |
 | Wedge 1 dribble hand-offs with 3, who first walks his man away to set him up, then 4 drag screens for 3. If 1 fakes the hand-off and drives baseline, 5 lifts, 2 goes to the far corner (baseline drive, baseline drift). Look for a pass to 2 then the extra pass to 4. Variation - double wedge, lift 5 to screen with 4. Rich McGill - double wedge then double drag, 5 and 4 screen for 3 then 1, and 2 backcuts when 3 gets to the top of the key. |
 | 5 Ear A quick catch-and-shoot 3-point shot. On a post feed, the passer automatically screens for the next perimeter player. |
 | 6 Shake 1 hits the trailer, one option is to let him make a play, it's a two-man game on that side, e.g., - hi-lo duck-in on the pass to 4 - 5 comes out to ballscreen for 4 - 4 drives and kicks to 2 - 4 dribble hand-offs with 2 On a pass to 2, 4 can follow his pass to ballscreen (Get), or.5 can flex screen for 2 (shown) and they can continue into flex. Drag into shake - 4 drag screens for 1, who passes to 2. |
 | 7 Here 4 dribble hand-offs with 2, gets a kickback, and drives baseline. |
 | 8 Flattening out the defence 1 passes ahead to 3, who dribbles to the baseline then passes back to 1 for a shot or drag action. |
 | 9 They don't cross their guards, it's all about spacing, but they do have a cross and turn-out quick hitter, e.g.,., if the guards get upcourt before the bigs. 3 screens for 2 in the middle of the lane. |
 | 10 3 UCLA screens for 1 while 5 and 4 stagger screen weakside, then 3 ballscreens for 2, and 1 uses the stagger screen. Variation - a big sets the cross-screen, UCLA screen, and ballscreen, harder to switch. |
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