If you are a good outside shooter playing in the NBA, you are going to garner attention from opposing defenses.  So much so that it may be hard get yourself free for an open look on your own.  Your a good shooter though, and your team wants you to shoot the ball, so that is why they send screeners your way.

You can’t just run off the screen.  You have to set them up, run off of them correctly, and come off the screen in a way that you can make your catch and get the shot off quickly.  There are three guys in the NBA right now who do this really well, and they are J.J. Redick, Kyle Korver, and Ray Allen.  We are going to use their video clips to see how to properly set up screens and use them to get open looks.

The Set Up

Defenders know that if they are covering a good shooter, they are going to have to deal with off the ball screens.  They are looking for these screens, and if they see them early it is very easy to get around them.  That is why the offensive player using the screen needs to set up his defender.  There are a few different ways that you can do this.

Walk Defender Down

This is something that Kyle Korver does very well.  What he likes to do is walk his defender to the block (lulling him to sleep and putting him in a position that makes the screen easy.  Korver quickly changes speeds, and cuts off the screen into a open area for the shot.

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