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“Dribble handoffs are a lot tougher to protect than ball screens,” Schertz says. “As a result of what’s your protection on dribble pitches? Ball screens, you possibly can have seven coverages. You’ll be able to’t ice a dribble pitch. (Icing is retaining the ball on the sideline and forcing the handler towards the baseline.) You’ll be able to’t actually present on a dribble pitch, in any other case, the middle’s gonna simply hold the ball and go get a layup. It’s laborious to lateral that. There’s method fewer coverages you can provide to a dribble pitch. The extra dribble pitches clearly you possibly can produce, the upper the effectivity.”
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