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Message: [QUOTE="dollarbill44, post: 3166722, member: 686"] Maybe the way we play, but that's a common fallacy that JB states almost every season. Whether or not you can run depends on a few things: [B]1. the right personnel [/B]- you need someone with some court vision, someone athletic to run with him and someone who transitions the ball well after the change of possession. [B]2. Opportunity [/B]- this depends more on the other team. If they make a concerted effort to retreat after possession, it makes it challenging. If they don't get back after scoring out of either laziness or because their guards crashed the boards or chased a loose ball and someone didn't rotate back, it opens up the possibility to run if you can get the ball in quickly after the basket. Turnovers and long rebounds present the best opportunities to run. Rebounds in the low post don't present a much better opportunity than after a score. The increase in 3 point shots has greatly cut down on the opportunity to run because it usually results in at least one or two players already in position to get back. [B]3. a willingness to run[/B] - we haven't tried to push the ball much over the last few years. We typically only have one player make the inbounds pass to our PG who usually rotates back to under our basket to receive the ball. This completely eliminates the opportunity to run after an opponent basket. If, on the other hand, the player closest to the ball takes it out for the inbound pass and the guard closest to that side gets in position on the wing to catch the inbounds or someone else can get upcourt for a longer pass, you can still run. Other teams have been successful running on us after we score. I firmly believe if you are determined to push the ball in transition, it can be done at least a handful of times throughout every game unless the other team can routinely score with only 3 or 4 players on offense. [/QUOTE]

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