Slappin’ Glass Podcast always comes thru with great interviews. I really enjoyed their interview with Coach Mike DeGeorge of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Coach DeGeorge discusses how he developed his offense and how he has used analytics to break down the offense.
The Best Threes
Nothing revolutionary here but he points out that on college level players shoot about 50% on inside-out threes, but only about 30% on non-paint threes.
Evolution of Threes in His Offense
Initially they offensively geared everything toward getting the ball to the paint to then kick out for the inside-out three. So there offense was all about early drives.
Teams began to stay with shooters on perimeter, so the second phase of his offense was to use the threat of threes to create drives to the basket. That was kind of the flip side of what he originally was trying to do.
Eventually a team will develop a balance between drives to basket and threes. But his point is that the offense needs to develop a relationship between paint drives and threes.
Use Tempo To Create Threes
The offense MUST always advance the ball fast to prevent the defense from becoming set, getting matchups, and having gaps covered.
EPA’s are Coach DeGeorge’s way of measuring fast breaking. EPA’s are “early passes ahead. He recommends charting players number of EPA and number of times they fail to make an EPA when it is there.
It should be noted that an EPA is not necessarily a pass ahead for an assist. It may be the EPA is a “hockey assist”- guard passes ahead to wing, wing skips to opposite wing for wide open three.
Evolution of His Offense
Four Out With Dunker- Many ran a four out to get spacing, and because they wanted a place to put a non-shooter. The non-shooter was plugged into the dunker spot. This offensive alignment did a good job of creating the classic dribble drive finish of drive in lane with shot, kick to corner, and dump to dunker options. It lost favor with some coaches because they realized playing this defense allowed the other team to play a big, immobile defender as a shot blocker.
Five Out- The next progression for many coaches was to go to Five Out. This offense eliminated the defense’s ability to put the big, immobile defender at the basket as a rim protector. The problem over time with Five Out was that as defenses became more familiar with the offense and in scouting more familiar with individual abilities- the gaps in Five Out were too small. Quite simply many good defenses were able to take away the drive and force contested threes because of lack of spacing.
Four Out With Dunker on the Move- This is what DeGeorge came up with. He may run into a Five Out alignment or he may have a rim runner who then moves out to weakside dunker spot. What makes DeGeorge’s offense so effective is that it:
1- With four out, creates the bigger gaps.
2- By moving different players in and out of the dunker spot, creates confusion. OKC used non-shooting guards in the dunker sometimes.
3- By using all players in the dunker, the other team cannot play an immobile defender because the offense can move them outside. Guard defenders often will not know how to handle defending the dunker.
Moving In and Out of Dunker
1- On player may cut into dunker on the break.
2- Dunker can move out by “squeezing” out a perimeter player. Commonly it is the dunker cutting to the corner and forcing corner person into dunker.
3- If player’s defender helps, wing or corner can cut to basket back door, then bump the dunker out.
4- Dunker can simply backscreen a perimeter player who makes a flex cut and goes to dunker.
5- In teaching the offense, a coach can start out by designating two players to be possible dunkers. After they learn how to move and share the position, then a third can be added.
To better understand the nuisances of Coach DeGeorge’s offense- go to Slappin’ Glass Podcast.
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