Category: Point Guard
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NBA: TRAIL BLAZERS HORNS PIN-IN
Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers is firmly among the NBA’s best point guards. He is back at it again this year as he averaging close to 28 points per game and is poised to head back to the All-Star Game. What Terry Stotts does with Lillard is mixes up ball screening action with…
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NBA: GOLDEN STATE FLEX POST UP
With Steph Curry injured, the value of Shaun Livingston has never been greater for the Golden State Warriors. We are seeing how Steve Kerr and the Warriors are using Livingston as the primary distributor within the half court offense. Here is an action they use often, which allows Livingston to post up and distribute. Coach…
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NBA: LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS HAMMER
Chris Paul is the best point guard in the NBA – in terms of being able to get other people their shot. Here is a quick hitter that the Clippers used versus the Hawks tonight to get Paul in a distributing situation. [private] LAC HAMMER [/private] Jonathan Hemingway is the Assistant Director of Scouting for…
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PROGRAM FEATURE: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2015-2016 SEASON
Coach Mike Neighbors is guiding the Huskies to the top half of the PAC-12 since taking the role of head coach in 2013. Last year Washington punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight years while also winning 23 games. This season the Huskies are off to another fast start with…
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ZONE OFFENSE: MONTVERDE SLICE
Montverde Academy is traditionally one of the top high school program nationally. They have Division-1 talent year in and year out. However, Kevin Doyle does a great job of putting his players in position to succeed. This year I had a chance to watch them play at the City of Palms Classic, which is often…
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NBA: MEMPHIS PG DOUBLE
Here is a set that the Memphis Grizzlies (2015) ran to get the ball back in Mike Conley’s hand. The key for a point guard centric offense is to get the PG and the ball moving to prevent the offense to get stagnant. [private] MEM PG DOUBLE [/private] Jonathan Hemingway is the owner of Coach…
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HALF COURT: BALL SCREEN FLOPPY
One of the new trends at the NBA level is running an action into another action immediately. Here is an idea out of a tradition high ball screen look. [private] Half court ball screen floppy [/private] Jonathan Hemingway is the owner of Coach Hemingway Basketball, Inc. Hemingway is on the Board of Selectors for…
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NBA: DALLAS MAVERICKS – WILLIAMS UCLA
The Mavericks have a new look squad this year with some new players around Dirk Nowitski. Deron Williams is the most notable new player, who gets a good portion of the minutes at the PG. Here is a set they ran out of a timeout vs. the Lakers late in the game to secure the…
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NBA: ORLANDO MAGIC PG SPECIAL
Elfrid Payton is one of the talented young guards in the league. The Magic have a talented young group and they put the ball in Payton’s hands a lot to make plays. Here is a play that they run to keep it in his to make plays. [private] Orlando PG Special [/private] Jonathan Hemingway is…
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2016 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS: JARED HARPER – April 20, 2015
Class of 2016 point guard Jared Harper of Mableton, Ga., burst onto the basketball scene this year as one of the premier guards in the nation. At the conclusion of his junior year he had helped his Pebblebrook HS team to a Class AAAAAA state runner-up finish and verbally committed to Auburn University. Class of…