This is the second part of a two part NBA Slice Series. Read part one here: The NBA Slice Series Part 1 When Doc Rivers took over the head coaching position at the L.A. Clippers, he brought Alvin Gentry on board as his offensive coordinator. Gentry, in addition to being a head coach for multiple…
The NBA Slice Series – Part 1
In honor of the Boston Celtics making the playoffs for the first time since the Big 3 era, we are going to take a look back at one of the staples of Coach Doc Rivers’ offense in Boston, the Slice series. In the upcoming Part 2 of our examination of the Slice series, we will…
Plays Of The Week – Feb. 13, 2015
“Zone Offense Variety Pack” Facing a 2-3 zone can be challenging. At the end of the day, your players just have to knock down open shots when they come. It is really that simple. You move the ball, make skip passes, attack gaps, go inside-out, hit the short corner and hope that the shots fall.…
Plays of the Week – Jan 23, 2015
Tug Motion is my absolute favorite zone offense. We ran this zone offense during my last season at Montana State and had tons of success. We often had too much success and teams switched out of 2-3 quickly. It did help that we the top 2 all time 3 point shooters playing 2 and 3…