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Erik Spoelstra & Giannis, Bam and the Spacing: First Impressions from the 2026-27' Miami Heat
I) Grab and Go
What do we have here? 3 Baseline spacing, Bam for the relief valve and Dunker spot relocation(or dunker to corner pop), to punish the trapping the box. Also, Miami got a Transition DHO option with Bam Adebayo, as a counter to the Giannis' wall(or Transition Plug)
II) Giannis & Bam PnRs
Broken Spacing is the key to this 45 PnR. Also, you can see Giannis as a roller, Bam is in the weakside corner for another PnR variation of Heat.
III) Inverted Early PnR/Pistol
We have to see more examples and more pre-season games, and I got only one clip about that, but this is a first impression video, and I believe, Klay Thompson is really valuable, especially in the open court. Inverted Early actions -screener is Klay- are going to be indispensable for this team.
Erik Spoelstra & 2025-26 Miami Heat Playbook, Part I, No-PnR Transition
Before diving into the actions, I just highlight with 2 stats about transition. Last season, Miami led the NBA, with a 5.07 average offensive speed-2nd was 4.88- That pace translated into a 24.9% transition frequency and 32.2 points per game, comfortably beating 2nd team again-23.4%, 30.9 pts. Really impressive. Tomorrow, I'll share the 2nd part, half-court offenses and ATOs of Coach Spo. Let's go!
I) C2C
II) Transition DHOs
III) Feed the Fastbreak Runner
b) Overload
c) Brush Cut
d) Sprint to the Paint/Rim Runner
IV) Switch Counter: Early Seal
V) Shooter's Match-up as a Fastbreak Runner
VI) Early Elbow Touch
a) Backdoor
b) Relief Spot
c) Attack to Defensive Big
d) Kick out to Corner
e) Short Corner Touch and Open
VII) Clear cut for Broken Spacing, 1v1
b) Broken Spacing/Overload
c) No Jump from Strongside Corner
d) Clear Reject, Exit Continuity
VIII) Clear, Barkley
b) Feed the Jump
IX) Early Punch
b) Split
c) Laker Cut
X) Double Dive
XI) Swing, Match-up Hunting
b) Feed the Jump
XII) Swing, Attack to Defensive Big
XIII) Swing Reload
XIV) Drag
b) Throw and Chase, Ghost
c) Early PnR
d) Drag, Clyde
e) Brush
f) Finland
XV) Early Spain PnR
XVI) Double Drag
b) Oklahoma
XVII) Empty PnR
XVIII) FT Below PnR
XIX) Pistol
b) Pistol Slip
XX) After Free Throw Pistol
b) Pistol Keep
c) Pistol Flip 77
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NBA rookies, age 20 or younger, with seasons of 90th+ %tile D-EPM:
'26 CMB, hugo gonzalez
'24 wemby, twins
'23 dyson
'22 mobley
'19 JJJ
'18 bam, lonzo
'16 jokic
'15 nurkic
'13 AD, drummond
'11 PG
'10 ibaka
'07 rondo, tyrus thomas
'06 CP3
'05 iguodala
'03 nene
'02 AK47
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5 Elite Peja Sets For Your Playbook
- Away Peja Loop Rip (Drake)
- Flash Peja Rolex (Washington Wizards)
- Horns Elbow STS Peja (BYU)
- Zipper Touch Chin Loop Peja (UConn)
- Ram Ghost Riffle Peja (LA Lakers)
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Away Series from the Euro League
1: Away 77 Up STS
2: Away Wide Reject Pin
3: Away Chase Floppy
4: Away Chase Miami
5: Away Chase Miami Burn
6: Away 77 Spain
7: Away 77 Exit
8: Away Elbow Stagger Miami
9: Away Burn
10: Away Ghost Chest
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Practice Like Tuomas Iisalo
I am frequently asked about practice design for the Coach Iisalo Offence and Defence so I compiled and clipped all his publicly available Clinics/Drills in one place, for all levels from Youth and Grassroots to Professional
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Taylor Jenkins & Elbow Touches in Transition
A) Ballhandler Usage
I) Hesitation
II) Attack to Defensive Big
B) Rim Runner Usage
I) Feed the Trapping the Box
b) Snake Dribble
II) Gortat
C) Forcing Mismatch
b) Feed the JJJ for using Mismatch
D) Fastbreak Runner Usage
I) Strongside Corner Backdoor
II) Strongside Overload
b) Elbow Touch and feed the jumper
III) 45' cut
b) Stampede
IV) Strongside Kick out
V) Weakside Kick out
a) Feed the Sink rotate with Rim Runner usage
Taylor Jenkins & Counters to Aggressive Double Drag Coverages
A) Counters to Switch&Hedge
I) Reject and Open
II) Reject and Clyde Cut
III) Empty and Reject
Bonus: Attacking the Big's Drop 2v1 with Snake&Hesitation after a first screener's switch
B) Counters to Trap/Aggressive Hedge
I) Pop out
II) Gator, Backpedal Short Roll
Bonus: Tag Manipulate in Double Drag Plays
I) Slip and Skip
II) Veer Boomerang
Spurs Fist/pre-switch ball-screen defense in summer league
Keep the big low (Tarris Reed) send out the wing/guard to switch the ball-screen action
Mike Brown & Attacking Spurs' Fist Defense, Game IV #nbafinals
I) Alvarado's Step-up
II) Pre-switch counter: Reject and Step up
III) Kick out/Skip to Wemby's side
This season, I conducted my first NBA data analysis and data mining project to determine the strength of New York's offense when running a play versus not.
My findings after 8,180 regular season + postseason half-court possessions
Link: open.substack.com/pub/shaxnb…
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Rich Paul says he started studying the following for LeBrons next potential team:
- Defensive ratings
- On ball/help defense from individuals
- Offensive schemes
- Coaches/team success rate on ATOs
“I think as you’re evaluating things it goes all the way down to what has been the history of someone in this position valuing a possession”
The Heat check a lot of what Rich is talking about.
(Via Game Over)
Rich Paul says he wasn’t expecting his ‘White Board’ to be as big of a deal as it was:
“I wanted to give people insight and peak behind the curtain. Here’s the thing, It’s actually pretty cool, you can’t take yourself too serious. This is a fun time for us. It’s an admiration for LJ. You’ll always have the haters out there like those we know who have a microphone that’s never said anything great about LJ. I did not know it would take on the legs that it did. That wasn’t the thing…. You understand there’s no perfect scenario but you gotta dump everything out to help someone make the best decision for themselves.”
(Via Game Over)
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Darryn Peterson's high school playmaking tells a different story than his year at Kansas.
Peterson had 38 assists and 38 turnovers in college, which is not the line you expect from a potential franchise lead guard. Part of it was his off-ball usage. Part of it was a Kansas roster that didn't shoot well. But DP averaged 5.3 assists as a senior at Prolific Prep, and had the ball in his hands the majority of the time. He delivered bounce passes into the paint, whipped cross-court skip passes, and looked the part of a point guard with far more explosiveness off the dribble. If that burst returns in the NBA, he could become an excellent shot-creator. These highlights are a glimpse of it.
Full 2025-2026 New York Knicks Championship Playbook - Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1XxP…
4-out 1-in motion offense
Pinch post plays, Step ball-screens, motion ball-screens, handoff circuit
Opened with Motion builders: (ghost screens, empty 45) plays they run to open motion plays (layers)
*Looking for Mike Brown to build on it next year*
5-out motion offense
Primarily get action *became a strong SLOB play throughout the year and postseason*
Offensive Series - Usage | PPP
Weave (4-out 1-in Motion Offense) - 21% | 0.98 PPP
Delay (Both 5-out Motion + Sets) - 16% | 1.02 PPP
Empty - 15% | 1.09 PPP
Away - 10% | 1.07 PPP
Horns - 8% | 1.04 PPP
Pistol - 7% | 1.09 PPP
Nova (Motion Builders) - 7% | 1.05 PPP
Double Drag - 6% | 0.93 PPP
Floppy - 1% | 1.18 PPP
Chin - 1% | 0.62 PPP
Video for Specials (SLOBs/BLOBs) and help beaters will be later. More in-depth content on scheme will happen over the summer, I have other in-depth resources on my substack from the season, as well as the updated playbook. This is performative content.
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The 2026 NBA Draft Guide is here.
-My top-100 prospect rankings.
-The most in-depth breakdowns of all top-60 prospects that you will find anywhere.
-Videos breaking down the top-10.
-A wonderful, new design that is easily navigated from the folks at @TheAthletic.
(link below)
Pretty funny possession when you look at what the Spurs wanted to do here and what the outcome was
Brunson has been attacking Harrison Barnes to end this 3rd quarter. Aware of that, Fox wants Barnes to stay down so he will switch on instead (pre-switch)
Knicks counter by sending both McBride and Shamet, Fox sees that and points out to Barnes to take Shamet, basically pre-switch AGAIN. Shamet is open causing Vassell to help, Hart cuts and touches paint. Great relocation from McBride
One of my favorite takeaways is how often the scheme has changed
It's changed from Atlanta, that probably everyone knows about by now, and it changed pretty significantly in the Cleveland series. Not talked about as much.
Been more freelancy as teams move their bigs off Towns
Heading into the NBA Finals, New York's offense is a shape-shifting monster.
How the series vs Cleveland was different than the rest, and the multiple ways they can beat opponents⬇️
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The same defensive concepts that have worked all regular season, all playoffs, and now in this series are still working.
The hard doubles that OKC shredded in the RS, playoffs, & vs SAS are still getting shredded.
Here's some of that deterring help. Lots o contested jumpers.
Brown is one of the best things to happen to this franchise
He's had moments of struggle, and made sure to call him out for that. But he's installed a good offense, a better defense, he's getting SIGNIFICANT buy-in, and he understands the vision.
Everything is better



























