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[Matt_1979]

Quote: Originally Posted by JumpOffMang

Is there any way to get guys to stay at the 3pt line instead of cutting to the hoop in fast breaks and in defensive breakdowns in general?

I think it depends on their tendencies of the individual player.


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[RyanFitzmagic]

Is there any way to have your team space the floor differently in freelance pick-and-roll, depending on whether you use your center or power forward as the screener? As far as I can tell, your teammates will always space according to the freelance set you're running, even for set plays.

So, for example, if I have Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan and I set my team to 4 Out 1 In, I'm all good if I want to use Jordan as the screener, because then everybody else will spot up behind the three-point line while he rolls after the pick.

But if I want to use Blake as the screener, they'll still think they're supposed to space the floor 4 Out 1 In style, so now DeAndre is spotted up behind the three-point line, which is no good since he can't shoot for beans.

Even if you run a set play where, for example, it's a high pick-and-roll with the PF at the top, and the C stays near the basket, your freelance set will override that once the play actually starts happening, and the C will go back behind the three-point line in this instance (because I'm playing 4 Out 1 In).

I could just play 3 Out 2 In theoretically, but then if I want to use DeAndre as the screener, 3 Out 2 In will keep Blake from spotting up behind the three-point line, which mitigates my spacing by shrinking the floor, even though Blake can hit threes.

So it feels like no matter what, if I have one big man who can shoot threes and one who can't, and I want to have them both on the floor at the same time, I can only use one of them as a screener in a pick-and-roll situation (while still having proper floor spacing). That's pretty disappointing, because there are quite a few big-man duos in the league like this. Love/Thompson, Griffin/Jordan, Anderson/Capella, Ibaka/Valanciunas, Harris/Drummond, etc.

[Young Coaches]

I have Melo & Kobe on My Team and I'm trying to get a freelance or an offensive system that positions them on the post. I have Kobe at the 3 and Melo at 4.

[RyanFitzmagic]

Any suggestions with what to run for the current Lakers? Looking for some good off-ball cuts while LeBron has the ball in the high post.

Thanks.