The Clipboard Awards: March 15th – Hawks, Bucks, Knicks | NBA Playbook

The Clipboard Awards: March 15th – Hawks, Bucks, Knicks

A team’s performance after a timeout may be the best way to judge a coach’s Xs & Os knowledge, and his ability to draw up plays. The Clipboard Awards is a competition where I choose the top three post-timeout plays each night, adding up the scores over the course of the season.

Play 3 (1 Point) – Scott Skiles/Milwaukee Bucks

This set run by Scott Skiles is a nice pindown set using some misdirection to get the look that they want.  Corey Maggette comes from the wing to the middle of the paint, right under the rim.  It looks like Maggette has the option to go whichever way he wants (with the Bucks’ setting screens on both sides of the court for him), however it is designed for the play to go back where he came from.  Once this happens, Carlos Delfino comes off of an Andrew Bogut pindown for the open shot.

Play 2 (2 Points) – Larry Drew/Atlanta Hawks

On this play, Joe Johnson starts on one side of the court, cuts along the baseline, and comes off of a staggered pindown screen set for him.  The fake handoff action that takes place while Johnson comes off the screens keeps the defense honest and it is what allows him to come off the screens open.

Play 1 (3 Points) – Mike D’Antoni/New York Knicks

This play starts with Chauncey Billups bringing up the basketball and entering it to Carmelo Anthony on the wing.  After the entry pass, Billups cuts off of Anthony, clearing out to the opposite side of the court.  Once that happens, Amar’e Stoudemire comes over and it looks like the Knicks are setting up a two man game.  However, this is just a decoy as all of the action is taking place on the opposite side of the court.  The ball gets swung to Jared Jeffries, who hands it off to Billups as the second of a staggered screen.  After the staggered screens, Jeffries rolls to the basket as Landry Fields (the front man of the staggered screen) pops out.  Billups gets the ball to Fields and Fields is able to convert.

Updated Standings (Previous)

  1. Doc Rivers – 28 points (1st)
  2. Erik Spoelstra – 25 points (2nd)
  3. Monty Williams – 16 points (3rd)
  4. Gregg Popovich – 16 points (4th)
  5. Rick Carlisle – 13 points (5th)
  6. Frank Vogel – 12 points (6th)
  7. Phil Jackson – 12 points (7th)
  8. Alvin Gentry –  10 points (8th)
  9. Tom Thibodeau – 7 points (9th)
  10. Rick Adelman – 7 points (10th)
  11. Nate McMillan – 6 points (11th)
  12. Larry Drew – 6 points (13th)
  13. Scott Brooks – 5 points (12th)
  14. Jerry Sloan – 4 Points (14th)
  15. Ty Corbin – 3 point (15th)
  16. Avery Johnson – 3 points (16th)
  17. Lionel Hollins – 3 points (17th)
  18. George Karl – 3 points (18th)
  19. Scott Skiles – 3 points (19th)
  20. Mike D’Antoni – 3 points (NR)
  21. Jay Triano – 2 points (20th)
  22. Byron Scott – 2 points (21st)
  23. Stan Van Gundy – 2 points (22nd)
  24. Flip Saunders – 2 points (23rd)
  25. Paul Silas – 1 point (24th)
  26. Doug Collins – 1 point (25th)
  27. John Kuester – 1 point (26th)
  28. Keith Smart – 1 point (27th)
  29. Vinny Del Negro – 1 point (28th)

Mike D’Antoni is the latest coach to make an appearance on the leaderboard, meaning we now have 28 of the 30 active coaches in the league who has gotten a post-timeout play featured here.  Scott Skiles stays at 19th, while Larry Drew hops over Scott Brooks with a second place performance.

17
Mar 2011
POSTED BY Sebastian Pruiti
POSTED IN Atlanta Hawks Clipboard Awards Milwaukee Bucks New York Knicks
DISCUSSION 6 Comments
TAGS

  • Dougie

    Regarding the Knicks, the play shown is just a normal example of a simple offensive scheme that good teams run all the time; Its all about off the ball movement, screens and making the extra pass. As this is the first time the knicks have appeared here does that mean: (a) The knicks Players are not very skilled offensively or (b) R’Antoni is not a very good coach?

  • Dougie

    Regarding the Knicks, the play shown is just a normal example of a simple offensive scheme that good teams run all the time; Its all about off the ball movement, screens and making the extra pass. As this is the first time the knicks have appeared here does that mean: (a) The knicks Players are not very skilled offensively or (b) R'Antoni is not a very good coach?

  • SlimJim

    In the Knicks clip, it looks like Amare is lost 95% of the time, and Billups misses Jeffries for a wide open dunk. Good example of scoring despite yourself.

  • SlimJim

    In the Knicks clip, it looks like Amare is lost 95% of the time, and Billups misses Jeffries for a wide open dunk. Good example of scoring despite yourself.

  • https://www.sportsbetting.com.au/ Sports Betting Sites

    While a good coach should have an effective play, a better coach doesn’t only control a play but the pace of a game. D’antoni’s style focuses on a fast-paced game but with the current players he’s got, I don’t think he’ll be able to do what he really wants. I hope he develops a good half court set.

  • https://www.sportsbetting.com.au/ Sports Betting Sites

    While a good coach should have an effective play, a better coach doesn't only control a play but the pace of a game. D'antoni's style focuses on a fast-paced game but with the current players he's got, I don't think he'll be able to do what he really wants. I hope he develops a good half court set.