Tom Thibodeau Chicago Bulls Box Set Plays by Adam Short
Both of these Tom Thibodeau Chicago Bulls Box Set Plays are run out of my “Box” series. I got “Gibson” from watching game one of the Chicago Bulls series against the Washington Wizards. I named it “Gibson” because they ran it for Taj Gibson. The game has changed over the past two decades from the tradition “power forward” to more of a “stretch forward”. For the purpose of the diagram, this play is run for the 4 man. However, you can run this play for your best shooter on the floor.
The first of the two Tom Thibodeau Chicago Bulls Box Set Plays starts with 3 setting a down screen for 4. 1 will hit 4. As 4 catches the ball, 2 is setting a down screen for 5. 1 will follow the ball and 4 will pass the ball back to 1. 1 will take a few dribbles towards the right wing. 4 will then sprint off a flare screen from 5. At the same time, 2 is running off of 3’s baseline screen to take away the help side “D”. 1 will hit 4. 4 can knock down the open shot, drive to the basket, or hit 5 rolling to the basket. The other play is called “Gibson 2”. The play starts off the same way. 3 will set a down screen for 4. 1 will hit 4. As 4 is catching the ball, 2 is setting a down screen for 5. 4 will pass the ball back to 1. 3 will pop up to the right wing. 2 will cut out to the right corner. 1 will take a few dribbles toward the right wing. 5 will set a flare screen for 4. 5 will then sprint and set a ball screen for 1. 5 will roll hard to the basket. 1’s first look is 5 rolling. IF 3’s defender helps on the roll, 1 will hit 3 for a shot. IF 2’s defender helps the helper, 3 will swing the ball to 2 for a shot.
Adam Short just completed his first year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Cowley College. Short grew up in Indiana and was a First-Team All-Conference selection as a senior at Lake Central High School. He went on to attend Joliet (Ill) Junior College and helped the team to a NJCAA Division III national runner-up finish, while being named First-Team All-Conference and a two-time Region 4 Player of the Week. After Joliet, Short spent his final two years of college basketball playing at NAIA school Avila University in Kansas City, MO. At Avila, he scored more than 1,000 points in his career and earned all-conference honors each year at the school. He graduated from Avila in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in writing. Short then served as a graduate assistant coach with the Avila men’s basketball team from 2011-2013, and earned a Masters degree in Organizational Development in 2013. He also spent the past two years working with MoKan Nike Elite Youth Basketball League out of Kansas City, MO. His job duties consisted of coaching, scouting, and breaking down film.
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