48MoH: Out of the Timeout: The Spurs’ fastbreak

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Out of the Timeout: The Spurs’ fastbreak
by Andrew A. McNeill
48 Minutes of

In our Out of the Timeout series this week, we look at the San Antonio Spurs’ fastbreak. While not a set play of sorts, players have specific roles they need to fill when transitioning from defense to offense.

In order to make some sense of the Spurs’ fastbreak and the players’ roles in transition, you have to understand that point guard, shooting guard and small forward all do the same things in the Spurs’ offense. Those players have to know three positions because they are all interchangeable. Same thing with the bigs, the power forward and center both do the same things and can be switched on the fly. It makes the team much more flexible this way.

(Note: this makes some sense of why Richard Jefferson struggled mightily last season. As a small forward and small-ball 4, he had to know all five positions on the floor for one of the toughest systems in the league, in his first year with the team. It’s no wonder Year 2 looks so much brighter.)

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[DBMethos]

Cool...I love those breakdowns.

[lefty]

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