Learn A Set: Nets’ Little To Big Screen
In the weekly series Learn A Set, we are going to be looking at a set that a team runs and break it down. First we are going to look at the Xs and Os, then we will take a look at the advantages and disadvantages. The goal is to break down a set run consistently last year by every team.
To start off the Learn A Set series, I am going to be looking at a team that I know pretty well, the New Jersey Nets. Despite being terrible, the Nets actually had some pretty good sets, and when they were able to execute, they would score from them. Maybe my favorite was the set where they had a guard setting a screen for a big in the paint. If the Nets wanted to get the ball inside to one of their big men, they would run this play because not only does it prevent the defense from fronting the post, the motion away from the post keeps the double teams away. Here is the Xs and Os breakdown of it:
