BEST GAME OFFENSIVELY FROM OUR GUARDS
= Baylor 25 points (19 and 6), notre dame 25 (15 and 10), indiana 34 points (24 and 10), USC 22 points (15 and 7), LSU 23 points (10 and 13)
every game passt that 20 and under, and almost every time its one pg have ok production and one disappearing
ZOOM DHOs
-early we were running these sets a lot with the pgs. back half of the season, we ran em with CBM and denver primarily.
-Opener vs Baylor
auburn.forums.rivals.com
"More zoom action and this one flows into Broome setting a pin down right after the initial action.
Notice who is running most of these actions as the ball handler: Holloway and Jones. Why?
Both have the ability to stop and pop on a dime but are also adept at getting downhill and either playmaking or finishing.
And that's why this action has so much potential for Auburn's guards because the defense has to honor every potential outcome with those two."
- @Henry Patton 2023
1.) ability to stop and pop on a dime
2.) ability to beat your man downhill and finish
1 helps 2. 2 helps 1.
this is where we were getting most of our production from PGs early in the season
by indiana we were still running it pretty effectively at the beginning. because aden was hitting those 3s at the top off the DHO, it allowed the defender to respect his scoring and if they bit he could beat them downhill
you can see in the highlights most of his misses were outside the sets on spot ups or isos where aden does his own thing.
our ballscreen stuff wasnt as effective and you even seen the start of CBM running ballscreen stuff with johni in this game
even in this game tho we get behind early and fight our way back through transition and BLOBs
USC mostly played matchup zone so you dont really see anything here except open shooters
the last good game = LSU
aden got comfortable early with open space somehow with im and cmo. then they run the zoom with him and jwill and he hits again. tre and dylan are running it and get open chaney johnson look.
the other note- when tre is running these screen DHOs a couple times it would come to kd and he almost always denies and goes to the rim. kinda disrupted the flow especially if kd doesnt get a make
notice shots stop falling 2nd half, game gets tight aden is trying to force some spot up/iso stuff and the game gets tight. we get cbm 3 off a scramble and then some transition plays to get that seperation back again
past this point more and more of the DHOs get run by CBM cause he could make plays and by the yale game towards the end, denver was running most of them..
if you notice from their scout videos
-tre: most points came from transition. then ballscreen handler (69th percentile nice). spot up he was pretty good but iso he was 18th percentile. not gonna beat his man off the dribble, good at pushing the ball up the floor and getting off ball
-aden: WAY too many shots off the dribble and not hitting them. ball screen handler (57th percentile) SPOT UP (93rd percentile at 20% of the time) hint: he shouldve been offball more, transition 8TH PERCENTILE, iso 39th percentile
TLDR
-summary: they were ok as screen handlers, really good offball stuff. could not beat their man iso, tre was good in transition but aden was awful at it.
-the stuff we had clearly set up in the offseason was more ball screen stuff (based on baylor to indiana games 8 games early) but if youre not hitting the shots you have to beat your man to the rim. our guys couldnt do that.
HOW DOES PEGUES HELP
-he scores as ballscreen handler 28% of time 84th percentile- its his bread and butter. ELITE BALLSCREEN HANDLER
-good at spot up off ball stuff (IMPORTANT IF DENVER RUNS SOME PG ON THE ZOOM DHOs)
-transition is tre/aden level. not amazing but not bad
-good at iso (WILL HELP IF SETS BREAK DOWN)
worries:
-hes not elite at the rim but hes ok. wonder if increase in competition, will he be able to beat his man off the dribble. his finishing when he gets there looks good
-advanced defensive stats dont look great
heres his games vs "good teams"
he struggled a bit vs sdsu and virginia despite hitting clutch shots, probably highest usage on the team and comes away with 10-15 points range (except in the samford game)
if we do pick him up, can he produce with lower usage + can he defend at a SEC level.
= Baylor 25 points (19 and 6), notre dame 25 (15 and 10), indiana 34 points (24 and 10), USC 22 points (15 and 7), LSU 23 points (10 and 13)
every game passt that 20 and under, and almost every time its one pg have ok production and one disappearing
ZOOM DHOs
-early we were running these sets a lot with the pgs. back half of the season, we ran em with CBM and denver primarily.
-Opener vs Baylor
HOOPS - How Auburn ran and zoomed in its opener
New season, new Auburn. With the additions of Aden Holloway and Denver Jones, Auburn's offense looked drastically different compared to last season. Read about how the Tigers used zoom action and a spread out court to cook on offense. I also touched on Auburn's transition work, defense and...
auburn.forums.rivals.com
"More zoom action and this one flows into Broome setting a pin down right after the initial action.
Notice who is running most of these actions as the ball handler: Holloway and Jones. Why?
Both have the ability to stop and pop on a dime but are also adept at getting downhill and either playmaking or finishing.
And that's why this action has so much potential for Auburn's guards because the defense has to honor every potential outcome with those two."
- @Henry Patton 2023
1.) ability to stop and pop on a dime
2.) ability to beat your man downhill and finish
1 helps 2. 2 helps 1.
this is where we were getting most of our production from PGs early in the season
by indiana we were still running it pretty effectively at the beginning. because aden was hitting those 3s at the top off the DHO, it allowed the defender to respect his scoring and if they bit he could beat them downhill
you can see in the highlights most of his misses were outside the sets on spot ups or isos where aden does his own thing.
our ballscreen stuff wasnt as effective and you even seen the start of CBM running ballscreen stuff with johni in this game
even in this game tho we get behind early and fight our way back through transition and BLOBs
USC mostly played matchup zone so you dont really see anything here except open shooters
the last good game = LSU
aden got comfortable early with open space somehow with im and cmo. then they run the zoom with him and jwill and he hits again. tre and dylan are running it and get open chaney johnson look.
the other note- when tre is running these screen DHOs a couple times it would come to kd and he almost always denies and goes to the rim. kinda disrupted the flow especially if kd doesnt get a make
notice shots stop falling 2nd half, game gets tight aden is trying to force some spot up/iso stuff and the game gets tight. we get cbm 3 off a scramble and then some transition plays to get that seperation back again
past this point more and more of the DHOs get run by CBM cause he could make plays and by the yale game towards the end, denver was running most of them..
if you notice from their scout videos
-tre: most points came from transition. then ballscreen handler (69th percentile nice). spot up he was pretty good but iso he was 18th percentile. not gonna beat his man off the dribble, good at pushing the ball up the floor and getting off ball
-aden: WAY too many shots off the dribble and not hitting them. ball screen handler (57th percentile) SPOT UP (93rd percentile at 20% of the time) hint: he shouldve been offball more, transition 8TH PERCENTILE, iso 39th percentile
TLDR
-summary: they were ok as screen handlers, really good offball stuff. could not beat their man iso, tre was good in transition but aden was awful at it.
-the stuff we had clearly set up in the offseason was more ball screen stuff (based on baylor to indiana games 8 games early) but if youre not hitting the shots you have to beat your man to the rim. our guys couldnt do that.
HOW DOES PEGUES HELP
-he scores as ballscreen handler 28% of time 84th percentile- its his bread and butter. ELITE BALLSCREEN HANDLER
-good at spot up off ball stuff (IMPORTANT IF DENVER RUNS SOME PG ON THE ZOOM DHOs)
-transition is tre/aden level. not amazing but not bad
-good at iso (WILL HELP IF SETS BREAK DOWN)
worries:
-hes not elite at the rim but hes ok. wonder if increase in competition, will he be able to beat his man off the dribble. his finishing when he gets there looks good
-advanced defensive stats dont look great
heres his games vs "good teams"
he struggled a bit vs sdsu and virginia despite hitting clutch shots, probably highest usage on the team and comes away with 10-15 points range (except in the samford game)
if we do pick him up, can he produce with lower usage + can he defend at a SEC level.
