Episode Details

0.5 Decision-Making Advantage Creation with Flagler Basketball Coach Brandon Benson on his experience from Prep to D1, studying NBA Head Coach Concepts, and Coaching Moustapha Thiam and Savo Drezgic

Timestamps:


0:00 Introduction & Background, how Brandon got into coaching


13:50 Getting to work with different coaches with different experiences

21:50 Valuing hustle stats, winning plays, and fundamental skills that apply to every level - controlling what you control, accountability

32:35 “0.5 Decision Making” Mentality, dribble pass and shoot ideals, Princeton sets, off-ball movement, setting up advantage basketball more than scripted sets

47:25 Learning from NBA Coaching Concepts:

25 teams probably run similar sets like 5-out, Wide pindowns/screen aways, Spain P&R, staggers, traditional Horns



Coaches covered:

Quin Snyder Hawks - Blender system,

Kenny Atkinson Cavs - Advantage Basketball, 2 on the ball, force long closeouts

Joe Mazulla Celtics & Charles Lee (Hornets/Celtics) - true selfless 5-out, Delay/Wide/swing to trailer, Stagger/Pindown flow, moving 5 to the wing/taking rim-protector off the ball


JJ Redick Lakers - showing off modern sets, Decoys/False actions movement, advantage, might have taken Dan Hurley play on first play as head coach, move bigs to weak side corner force big in help, immediately handoff 


Steve Kerr Warriors - Split actions, steph+klay pin downs, Looney throwing post feed


Taylor Jenkins Grizzlies - hired development gurus Noah LaRoche, Joe Boylan, to help build modern offense


Mark Daigneault Thunder - drive at you all game long, Hartenstein with DHOs, ZOOM actions involving any combination of down screen into dribble hand off — okc is doing like a Triple Zoom between big men with multiple down screens and handoffs

Charles Lee Hornets (formerly Boston/Milwaukee) bringing that experience to try to implement culture with a winning pedigree

Ime Udoka Rockets - Horns 1-4 High, Iverson Curl

1:10:10 The value of having a veteran presence in an NBA locker room

1:12:35 Getting to know Projected NBA Draft Picks Moustapha Thiam and Savo Drezgic as people and players

1:27:38 Breaking down the Horns 1-4 High play that Ime Udoka and Coach Benson like to run to start games, one guy curls over top, one guy loops underneath, as soon as cutter cuts pass the face