Depending on the hedge defenders defensive IQ and ratings, he will now drop and take the appropriate containment angles.
Will this involve the screener's defender playing back to keep the ballhandler out of the paint? The big man will be "below" the ballhandler's defender, like so:
As opposed to stepping out towards the ballhandler, like so:
Defenses use this tactic almost exclusively against slashers like LeBron:
And some will even defend Stephen Curry this way (if you can play back as the screener off of Curry, you can play back off of anyone):
Good read overall. I'm diggin it.