Rick Carlisle Dallas Mavericks Pick & Roll 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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April 28, 2014

Rick Carlisle Dallas Mavericks Pick & Roll Offense

Coach Rick Carlisle and the Dallas Mavericks are giving the Spurs all they can handle in the playoffs. Carlisle, who played his college basketball at Maine and Virginia, has proved to be a successful player and coach. As a player, Carlisle led the Virginia Cavaliers to the Final Four in 1984 and as an NBA player was a member of the 1986 NBA Championship Boston Celtics. As a coach, Carlisle served as an assistant coach for the New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Indiana Pacers before becoming the head coach of the Detroit Pistons in 2001. Since then, Carlisle has been the head coach of the Pistons, Pacers, and Dallas Mavericks where he led the Mavs to the 2011 NBA Championship over the Miami Heat. Attached in this playbook are two pick and roll plays used by Coach Carlisle. The Mavericks are very effective using the pick and roll due to Nowitzki’s size and threat as a 3-point shooter.

Rick Carlisle Dallas Mavericks Pick & Roll Offense – Spread Pick & Roll

Option 1: 1 dribbles up the left side of the floor then passes to 4 (Nowitzki) trailing the play. 4 then reverses the ball to 3. 4 follows the pass and sets a ball-screen for 3. 3 drives to the lane looking to pass to 5 stepping toward the basket or 4 on the roll/pop.

Option 2: 1 Dribbles up the left side of the floor and instead of passing to 4 he takes a ball-screen from 5. 1 attacks the baseline and looks to pass to 5 rolling to the basket, 4 filling behind the screen, or 2 sliding down to the opposite corner.

Option 3: In this option, 4 sets a screen on the opposite side as in option 1. 3 drives toward the baseline looking to score or pass to 4 on the roll, 5 ducking in to the basket, or to 2 in the opposite corner.

Rick Carlisle Dallas Mavericks Pick & Roll Offense – 1-4 Pick & Roll

2 and 3 exchange wings with 2 running below and 3 running above 4 and 5 in the 1-4 high set. 1 passes to 3 on the wing and 5 sets a cross screen for 4. 4 sets a ball-screen for 3 then rolls/pops for a shot. If 4 isn’t open, 3 passes to 1 on the opposite wing. Once 1 has the ball, 5 sets a ball-screen for 1. 1 drives toward the baseline and can pass to 2 in the corner, 4 in the opposite corner, or to 5 rolling to the basket.

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.