John Wooden Santa Barbara Play by Adam Spinella
The final play from this John Wooden series is a set that Wooden used to run for a shooter to let them come off an exit screen. An exit screen, also known as a single-double, is where the shooter sticks their head under the rim and has the option to come off either side. One side will have one screener (the single side) and the other has two screeners (the double side). While Wooden believed in spacing and getting the ball inside, great shooters needed to be utilized and this set was one way he could feature some of his outside snipers.
In that 2-3 High formation, 1 is the initiator of the play and also the shooter they want to come off the screens. 1 swings the ball to 4 through 2. After 2 passes to 4, he cuts off a UCLA screen from 5. If 2 is open, 4 should look to hit him. Otherwise 4 dribbles towards the top of the key, which triggers 1 to go backdoor. This likely won’t result in a shot for 1, though if 5 moves out to the wing early enough after the UCLA screen there could be a passing lane open.
4 holds the ball up top as 1 sticks his head under the rim. 1 can come off to either side and look for the pass from 4 for the shot. 2 will go to the opposite side looking to even out the floor.
Coach Adam Spinella is entering his first season as an Assistant Coach at Culver Academies in Culver, IN. Spinella spent the three years prior as a Student Assistant Coach at Division III Dickinson College. The Dickinson Men’s Team advanced to two NCAA Tournaments and accumulated an overall record of 59-26 (.694) during the three-year span, with the 2013-2014 season ending in the Division III Elite Eight. A native of Bow, New Hampshire, Spinella has a keen interest in X’s and O’s, particularly in professional basketball, and skill development.
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