If you're new here: I break down basketball from a coach's perspective. X's & O's Analytics ATO's Defensive concepts Trends across EuroLeague, ACB and European basketball A few of my favorite recent breakdowns ↓ 🧵

Zaragoza 🇪🇸 — EOQ Ghost Screen Vives ghosts the screen & receives a flare, opening up space for Bell-Haynes to attack Brussino & Jaworski keep the help defense occupied in the corners Plenty of options, but I especially like the dynamic entry, making the play less predictable

Good offensive spacing means keeping help defenders occupied or punishing them when they overhelp. Especially out of Horns, where help from the corner can be punished with a stampede or backdoor cut. Watch Fenerbahçe's first possession of Q3 Fenerbahce 🇹🇷

Baskonia 🇪🇸 — Ricky Action A flare screen is also a great setup for a Ricky action. Instead of flowing into Floppy, AJ Lawson comes back off the same screener for an open look.

Real Madrid 🇪🇸 - EOQ Stampede Watch how Pedro Martinez organizes his team to finish the quarter with a stampede from the corner to punish relaxing corner defenders Jantunen is a prototype player for this action, while TLC in the opposite corner takes away the last defender

Valencia Basket U22 🇪🇸 — Press Break Sometimes the best answer to aggressive defense is ... to be even more aggressive. Simple but effective press break: clear the middle and let the inbounder sprint through it. The result? An open corner three within 5 seconds.

🗣️ @pascalmeurs “Defenders use different techniques to contest three-point shots, from fly-bys to wall closeouts” 📍L’alqueria del Basket del Valencia Basket 🇪🇸

Real Madrid 🇪🇸 — Double Iverson Wing Post-Up The best wrinkles are often the simplest. When everyone runs Double Iverson, defenses think they know what's coming. Watch how Real uses a small variation to create a wing post-up, with no help defense in position.

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Fenerbahçe broke the EuroLeague record with 14 blocks. Saras: “Imagine how bad our defense was.” 😅 A lesson for players at every level: Great defense starts by keeping the ball OUT of the paint. Not by waiting at the rim to block a shot.

With Kyle Kuric on your team, you can add a wrinkle with a Ricky action to any of your setplays Having a big that understands screening angles is crucial. Ricky action requires 3 screening actions in a row, each with a different angle 👇📽️ a Floppy & a Double Iverson play #ACB

Sometimes your setplays creates an advantage. Sometimes they don't That's when you flow into your off. concepts you have been building since preseason. Spacing, timing and ball movement are key to keep challenging the defense Breogán has been excelling at this so far in ACB

Limburg United 🇧🇪 — Quick Lob Play #BNXT Nice quick hitter out of a timeout, overloading one side of the court to create space for a lob to their big man.

Emma Meesseman in the low-post is a problem. Lethal in 1X1 situations and when other defenders keep an eye on her, she knows to find any teammate that is moving. Court vision ➕ passing skills ➕ unselfishness

Valencia 🇪🇸 — Opening Spain PnR When not opening a quarter with their classic Double Iverson, Valencia likes this stagger into Spain PnR with the 4 and 5 as screeners. Works because of excellent timing by Mirotic, on top of his quick and high release on the shot.