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Ready to Diagram Ep 2 aka the unpredictable defense episode
Bowser2Bowser: https://twitter.com/bowser2bowser
Evin Gualberto: https://twitter.com/evin_gual
The Basketball Action Dictionary: https://thebasketballactiondictionary.medium.com/
0:34 - Predictable defense
4:14 - Rules = good defense
5:23 - Josh Green took advantage of not helping off the strongside corner
6:25 - Shoutout Jonathan Chen
https://twitter.com/jonathancchenn
Jonathan does great covearge of the Canadian Men’s National Team and breaks the Xs & Os + schemes down at a high level
7:00 - Clint Capela on the short roll
9:00 - Traditional NBA defense rules
At 12 minutes, there's supposed to be a clip about traditional defensive rotations but it wouldn't get cleared so we have that for you right here:
https://x.com/evin_gual/status/1780608109943120094
12:36 - Most teams don't have to deal with Trae Young
14:16 - Pseudo game of the week: Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder (April 9 2024)
15:34 - OKC defying conventional defensive norms
17:38 - OKC makes the offense think
18:29 - OKC strong side corner peel switch
20:27 - SAC strong side corner peel switch
25:38 - High i tag (not the low man)
26:31 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander post up with Chet Holmgren one pass away
27:23 - SAC New Zealand (up screen followed by inverted pick and roll) + OKC “over help”
32:25 - JDub front
33:46 - OKC PnR switch + tag
35:40 - SAC Peel switch the “dork”
42:17 - OKC “overhelp” vs SAC Pistol 5
43:09 - SAC peel switch against OKC Spain Leak
43:45 - OKC “overhelp”
45:19 - More OKC “overhelp”
49:04 - OKC Tag PnR from front side, peel switch vs baseline drive
51:55 - OKC nail helping one pass away
53:57 - OKC messing up defensive coverage but compensate with effort
1:00:29 - OKC conventional drop + X out
1:03:54 - Now Watch This Drive (clip breakdown)
Bowser’s clip: SAC Sabonis short roll + danny green cut
1:07:08 - DUMMY skip
Shoutout to the great PD Web
https://twitter.com/abovethebreak3
1:12:39 - Evin’s Clip 1: Backdoor to reject the zoom HOU
1:16:19 - Evin’s Clip 2: Nonshooting big in corner blind pig concept
As always, big shoutout to friend of the pod Caitlin Cooper
https://twitter.com/C2_Cooper
https://www.patreon.com/basketballshewrote