George Karl NBA Offense by Wes Kosel

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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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May 1, 2014

George Karl NBA Offense by Wes Kosel

Attached in this George Karl NBA Offense playbook is 1 box set play and 1 sideline out-of-bounds play. It’s unfortunate that the Denver Nuggets let him go, even after winning the 2013 NBA Coach of the Year and winning 57 games in 2012-2013. Karl left the Nuggets with the second most wins in franchise history with 432. Before coaching in Denver, Karl was the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics, Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers and also coached in the CBA and overseas in Spain. In his career he won over 1,100 NBA games while winning almost 60% of his games

George Karl NBA Offense – Man to Man: Box Set Hi/Lo

2 cuts off of a staggered screen from 3 and 4. 5 steps down as if setting a down screen, but instead pops out for a pass from 1 at the elbow. After setting the screen for 2, 3 steps hard to the ball and posts up his defender. 5 looks to make the hi/lo pass to 3. If 3 isn’t open, 5 or 1 can pass to 2 for the shot.

George Karl NBA Offense – SLOB: Stagger Back-Screen

1 passes the ball into 4 then takes a hand-off from 4 and dribbles off of a ball-screen from 5 to the opposite wing. After 4 hands the ball off to 1, he cuts off of a staggered back-screen from 3 and 2. 1 looks to pass to 4 in the post for an easy score. If 4 isn’t open, he steps out to the short corner to open up space in the lane. 5 sets a down screen for 2. 2 cuts to the top of the key. 1 looks to pass to 2 for a shot or to 5 if his man helps on the screen.

Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Tommy Jones at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, TX. 2013-2014 marks the second year for Kosel at TLU. Prior to arriving at TLU, Kosel served as a student assistant coach under Head Coach Chad Killscrow at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. 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), and teaches weight training and aerobic fitness courses 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.