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Jan 7, 2025
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icecougar All-American
you counter it by aggressively cutting back door and getting more movement...
...off the ball. Going further away from the basket to avoid the pressure is the wrong direction. We ran into this last year as well, teams overplayed the passing lanes and aggressively defended ball exchanges out on the perimeter but we had Khalifa to run screens off of and he used his passing wizardry and court vision to find the guys cutting to the hoop for layups.

WE can also adjust by taking what the defense gives and score in the mid-range. I know analytically it's not the most productive/efficient shot but you gotta score to win games and sometimes if that's the shot you can get you gotta take it when the D is designed to take away the 3 and the shot at the rim. WE have guys who can score effectively in the mid-range (Richie, Dawson, Trevin, Kanon). This can help offset shot blocking ability at the rim.

Regarding movement off the ball, can't stress this enough as a way to beat aggressive, pressure D. Guys need to move more away from the ball.
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