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The strong side guard is responsible for on ball pressure. The strong side  plays up to challenge the wing jumper (next pass from the man the G is pressing). It's part of what makes JB's 2-3 unique - the amount of ground that Fs are required to cover. It's the pass from that high wing, or from the top to the corner, that has the 5 rotating all the way out to the corner on a "closeout." That's the nearly impossible ask, IMO. JB did not always run that rotation that way - the Fs would rotate to the corner. Makes more sense.

Teams were overloading the strong side when we made  rotations to the corners, which created different coverage problems at the short post. The 5 to the corner was the tweak and it was very unique. I have never seen anyone else attempt that rotation in all my years of coaching. The problem now is that other teams exploit the 5 flying out (those are not close-outs BTW, they are run at/run by). Teams are letting Jesse fly by, or pump faking, or just beating him off the dribble as he runs out of control at them. Now it's 5 on 4, and the 4 usually lack the foot speed to make the rotations while the 5 recovers.
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