Eddie Jordan Princeton Motion by Adam Spinella

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I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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December 16, 2014

Eddie Jordan Princeton Motion by Adam Spinella

It’s rare for a long-standing NBA name to drop down into the college ranks, but Eddie Jordan made that move to take over a struggling Rutgers program. Starving for postseason success and dealing with the turmoil from the Mike Rice era, Jordan has focused on turning Rutgers into a defensive team in the Big Ten. So far this year the Scarlet Knights are 325th in total offense, indicative of the pace of play that Jordan favors.

A lot of that has to do with his use of an NBA-style Princeton offense, predicated around getting the ball to the middle. Jordan ran something very similar as the head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers in the late 2000s.

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1 passes to 3 on the wing and cuts thru to the opposite wing. The goal is to get the ball to the post, and if they do, it initiates a split action at the elbow with 3 and 2. One man splits to the rim, the other pops back out to the perimeter. The slipping man should look for the ball; if not, the perimeter will be open for a kick-out.

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If 5 isn’t open in the post, 2 fills up and gets the reversal from 3. He then dribbles at 4, pushing him backdoor and looks to pass to 1 on the opposite wing. The idea here is to get 4 in a post-up opportunity. After passing to the 1, 2 cuts to the opposite block and sets a down screen for 5. 5 catches the pass at the nail hole.

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As 5 catches the ball, simultaneous down screens take place around him. From there, 5 looks to dribble handoff with a wing and then drop down into the post, once again forming a strong-side triangle on the block.

Coach Adam Spinella is entering his first season as an Assistant Coach at Culver Academies in Culver, IN. Spinella spent the three years prior as a Student Assistant Coach at Division III Dickinson College. The Dickinson Men’s Team advanced to two NCAA Tournaments and accumulated an overall record of 59-26 (.694) during the three-year span, with the 2013-2014 season ending in the Division III Elite Eight. A native of Bow, New Hampshire, Spinella has a keen interest in X’s and O’s, particularly in professional basketball, and skill development.

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