Scotty Brooks OKC Thunder Flex Options by Wes Kosel

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July 13, 2014

Scotty Brooks OKC Thunder Flex Options by Wes Kosel

Here are 3 flex offense options from Oklahoma City Thunder Head Coach Scott Brooks. Brooks just finished his sixth season as head coach of the Thunder. In those 6 years, he has transformed the 22 win Thunder team in 2008 into a franchise record 60 win team in 2012-2013. The Thunder have finished 1st in the Western Conference Northwest Division 4 years in a row, and have won over 70% of their games in that span. Brooks became the head coach after serving as an assistant for the Thunder, SuperSonics, Kings, and Nuggets. He also spent time as a coach in the ABA before making the jump to the NBA. As a player, Brooks played for 6 different teams and was a part of the 1994 NBA Championship Houston Rockets.

Scotty Brooks OKC Thunder Flex Options – Thunder Flex

The play starts with a 2-3 set with 1 passing to 5. Once 5 has the ball, 3 makes a cut to the wing and gets the ball from 5. 4 sets a flex screen for 2, then 5 screens down for 4. 1 moves to the wing to clear space for 4 to cut up for a shot. If 2 or 4 don’t have a shot 4 looks to pass to 1. 1 first looks inside to 5, then looks to drive off of a ball-screen from 4. If 1 isn’t open for a pass, 4 can also give the ball to 1 on a dribble hand-off.

Scotty Brooks OKC Thunder Flex Options – Thunder Flex Stagger

The play starts the same with 3 getting the ball on the wing. 2 moves toward the flex screen, but instead of crossing the lane he cuts up to the top of the key off of a staggered screen from 4 and 5. If 2 doesn’t have a shot, he passes to 1 on the wing and 5 and 1 play a two-man pick & roll game.

Scotty Brooks OKC Thunder Flex Options – Thunder Flex Post Iso

Once again the play starts the same with 3 getting the ball on the wing. 2 cuts across the lane off of the flex screen and catches it at the low post. 3 cuts through to the corner and 5 moves to the opposite elbow. 2 now has space to take his man 1 on 1 in the post.

Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Doug Novak at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Kosel joined the staff at Bethel after serving two seasons 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), 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.