Flip Saunders Minnesota Timberwolves Offense by Wes Kosel

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February 22, 2015

Flip Saunders Minnesota Timberwolves Offense by Wes Kosel

Here are three plays from Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Flip Saunders. Flip Saunders took over as head coach this season. Before that, he served as the Timberwolves’ President of Basketball Operations. Before that, Saunders was the head coach for the Washington Wizards (2009-2012), Detroit Pistons (2005-2008), and Minnesota Timberwolves (1995-2005). In 17 seasons as an NBA head coach, Saunders has won 649 games and made 11 Playoff Appearances. During his time in Detroit, the Pistons made it to the conference finals three straight years.

Flip Saunders Minnesota Timberwolves Offense – Horns Hand-Off Flex Action
1 passes to 5 at the high post then cuts around him for a hand-off. If the hand-off isn’t there, 1 screens for 3 in the corner. 3 curls the screen and moves across the lane. 3 sets a flex screen for 2 as 5 is giving 1 the ball on a dribble hand-off. After 3 screens for 2, 4 screens down for 3. If 3 isn’t open, 1 looks to pass to 2 cutting off of a screen from 5.

Flip Saunders Minnesota Timberwolves Offense – Pinch Post Wing Double
2 cuts off of a screen from 3 at the high post. 1 passes to 3 then cuts around him to the corner looking for a possible hand-off. If the hand-off isn’t there, 3 faces up and looks to shoot or pass to 2 cutting off of a double screen from 4 and 5. If 2 isn’t open, 3 looks for 5 diving to the basket.

Flip Saunders Minnesota Timberwolves Offense – Wing Ball-Screen Post Cross
1 dribbles up the right side of the floor as 2 cuts off of a screen from 3. If 2 isn’t open, 4 steps out to set a ball-screen for 1. 1 drives middle as 4 pops to the wing. 1 passes to 4 as 2 screens across for 5. 4 looks to shoot or pass to 5 inside.

Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Andy Partee at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. Kosel joined the staff at Colorado College after serving two seasons as an assistant coach at Texas Lutheran University and one season at Haskell Indian Nations University. Kosel has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Kansas, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a certified personal trainer (NSCA-CPT), and taught weight training and aerobic fitness courses while coaching at Texas Lutheran. He has coached AAU programs, volunteered with elementary and middle school basketball teams, and has worked basketball camps for various programs including the Houston Rockets, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

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