Portland Trail Blazers Transition Flare Screen by John Zall
The Portland Trail Blazers have been one of the most consistent teams in the NBA for the past few seasons and have done it primarily in a tough Western Conference. They were led by the recently departed Lamarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard. Often forgotten in the shuffle of everything has been starting shooting guard Wesley Matthews. Wesley was percentage points away from being in an elite club as one of 4 players in the NBA the past 4 years to hit at least 500 3-pointers and do it at a 40% rate. The other 4 guys were teammates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, as well as Danny Green and Kyle Korver.
When Wesley went down at the beginning of March the Blazers were one of the top seeds in the NBA’s Western Conference. While Wesley was still a huge loss, they were able to still earn the #4 seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 51-31 record. They were led by their offense which averaged almost 103 points-per-game, good for 9th in the NBA.
Their offense was predicated on many designed sets that got their best players the ball in their favorite spots. The following set is a quick action that Portland would run in transition. The point guard would dribble the ball to Matthews side and he would almost set a flat ball screen. The five man would then trail the play and set a flare screen for Matthews to the middle of the floor. Check out the Portland Trail Blazers Transition Flare Screen, because I think that you will like this NBA Action.
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Coach John Zall just completed his first season as an Assistant Coach at Division II Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH. This past season Franklin Pierce University won 20 games and advanced to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. Zall arrived at Franklin Pierce after spending the past 3 seasons as the Associate Head Coach/Head JV Coach at O’Bryant High school in Roxbury, MA. During his tenure at O’Bryant the program improved from 4 wins to 12 wins and qualified for the MIAA State Tournament twice.
Coach Zall also has experience as an AAU Head Coach for the Boston Warriors. As Head Coach for the Warriors his team won the 2011 16U State Title and twice competed in AAU Nationals down in Orlando, FL. On top of being a student at Northeastern University, Zall was named Head Coach of the Men’s Club Basketball team for the 2012-13 season. During his lone season as Head Coach, Northeastern finished second in the Northeast Regional Tournament featuring colleges from throughout the East Coast. Coach Zall has also spent time as a Head Coach in the Bay State Games where his team won the Bronze Medal in 2012 and at various camps including: Five Star, Boston Celtics, NIKE, Franklin Pierce University, Hoop Group and The Elite 75.
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