In last week’s inaugural Celtics Playbook Series, we looked into how they run their stagger screen “11” play to create opportunities for their wings to get an open look or lane from the perimeter. He’s a little early for Theis because Theis made sure to hold the screen to get contact on Mike Conley, the point guard defending Walker. It …
The staggered screen is making a comeback, and the Celtics are at its epicenter. As this FastModel diagram shows, defenses that don’t switch the first pick are stuck in a conundrum where point guard Kemba Walker’s defender and the defender on the four, typically Jayson Tatum, defend the ball in what coaches call “showing two.” Both screeners have to read …
