NBA Draft Combine Lob Play | 3 – Point Counter
I’m always looking for good back-door and lob plays, and all-star games are really good for finding them. All-star games are usually filled with sloppy play, ball-screens, and isolations because coaches don’t have the time to put in systems, and guys are trying to show off their individual talent. But, I have found that in these games, coaches usually have time to put in a couple sets, and guys usually get excited and buy-into the opportunity to excite the crowd with a set for a lob.
I found this play and counter play at the 2015 NBA Draft Combine Open Play in Chicago. It is run out of a 4 out set. The team that ran this play ran it their first two possessions. On the first possession, Pat Connaughton out of Notre Dame was wide open for a lob, but point guard Terry Rozier out of Louisville turned it over before he could get it to him.
On the second possession, they ran the same exact play, but when Connaughton’s man went under the fade, Connaughton faded for an open three.
We played a team this season that ran the same action. They ran it for a shooter in Connaughton’s position, so they were looking for a layup instead of a lob. If the layup wasn’t there, they guy setting the fade screen/lob set a rescreen/down-screen for Connaughton while he’s on the block as Connaughton would fill for a three.
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