AI Slip

When to use it

Half court against man-to-man, when you have a guard who can cut off screens and attack and a big who can slip and finish. It starts from a 4-high alignment.

Personnel

4-high alignment: 3, 5, and 4 across the free-throw-line extended area with 5 and 4 setting the two elbow screens, 1 at the top, 2 in the corner. 3 is the cutter, then the ball handler on the wing. 5 screens, then slips. 4 screens, then clears through and settles in the corner. 5 needs to slip on time.

Reads

1. Cut over elbow screens. 3 runs across over both elbow screens to the right wing, and 1 passes to him. Look first at whether the cut leaves 3 open for the catch.
2. Side ball screen. 4 clears through, 5 steps into the ball screen for 3. If the defense shows hard, 5 slips early to the rim and 3 hits the slip.
3. Turn the corner. If the defense stays home on the screen, 3 turns the corner and attacks the middle off 5's screen.

Counter

If the slip and the screen are both taken away, 4 in the corner is the pass-out and 3 can reset with a reversal.

Teaching cues

• 3: cut tight over both screens, stay low, catch on the wing.
• 5: set the ball screen, then slip early if the show is aggressive.
• 4: clear through to the corner, give 3 space.
• 3: read the show; pass the slip or turn the corner.