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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 2489880"]
JB gets the ball to the best scorers in their best spots to score.  That's the heart of a lot of NBA style offenses.  It's not fancy, but it works when you have multiple scoring threats or, at least, scoring threats at multiple spots on the court.

With Rak, we got him the ball in the post at every opportunity and ran some off ball screens down there to free him up.  He'd screen and roll to the hoop a lot, too.  Last year, we tried to get White open from 3 as much as possible with off-ball screens (similar to Cooney and Rautins) and ran a lot of the offense through Lydon at various spots on the court, like the high post, foul line extended, pick-and-pop/roll.  This year, our only offensive weapons are basically Frank and Tyus, with no real deep threats; so we dribble drive.  With Flynn and Scoop, we pushed the ball in transition as much as possible.  With Onuaku and Jackson, we played inside-out on most possessions.  CJ Fair would get the ball 12 feet from the hoop and we'd clear out the lane for him.  We'd run baseline motion and overloads to get Warrick open for alley-oops.

JB recruits for the zone and manipulates the offense to fit the players he has.  Other coaches kind of do the opposite, they recruit players to fit their offense then worry about the defense as something of an afterthought.  Coach K comes to mind in this regard.
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