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Good post.

I think some of the "analysis" of the offense we see posted at times is kind of a superficial understanding of what is really going on. Too many here focus on the ball. The real "play" is, more often than not, being set up by the motion and screening away from the ball.

Those screens set way above the foul line by the bigs are rarely effective because, as you mentioned, the defense will just double on ball screens and make the guard give it up or push him so high it disrupts the action from the down screens away from the ball.

The other problem I see with that set is that the bigs don't get into the right postion for those screens and/or don't wait long enough to make or hold contact. If you are going to screen with PC, he has to at least take away the on ball defender with his screen (instead of rolling down). The guard then has to turn the corner and beat the big (PC's defender) off the dribble. That dribble penetration will force a help side rotation (or the guard can take it to the rim). Forcing help side rotations IS part of the play and should free some else up.
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