Raptors Playbook: Motion Weak & Counter

Raptors Playbook: Motion Weak & Counter   Over at the Raptors Playbook YouTube channel (@RaptorsPlaybook on Twitter), I am breaking down the X’s & O’s of the Toronto Raptors. This week, we’ll focus on their Motion Weak – a classic San Antonio Spurs play to space the floor around a post up after getting the…

Raptors Playbook: Point Handback

Raptors Playbook: Point Handback Over at the Raptors Playbook YouTube channel (@RaptorsPlaybook on Twitter), I am breaking down the X’s & O’s of the Toronto Raptors. This week, we’ll focus on their Point Handback – a play that can lead to a quick hitting pindown, or a pick and roll with an emptied out Strong…

Raptors Playbook: Horns Flex Uphill DHO

Raptors Playbook: Horns Flex Uphill DHO Over at the Raptors Playbook YouTube channel (@RaptorsPlaybook on Twitter), I am breaking down the X’s & O’s of the Toronto Raptors. This week, we’ll focus on their Horns Flex Uphill DHO – an After Time Out (ATO) special play primarily designed to get Kyle Lowry a pull-up 3…

Raptors Playbook: 4 / 1 Pick & Roll (Pascal Siakam)

Raptors Playbook: 4 / 1 Pick & Roll (Pascal Siakam) Over at the Raptors Playbook YouTube channel (@RaptorsPlaybook on Twitter), I am breaking down the X’s & O’s of the Toronto Raptors. This week, we’ll focus on their 4 / 1 Pick & Roll – an Early Offense action involving Pascal Siakam that leverages his…

Raptors Playbook: “Snap 3”

Raptors Playbook: “Snap 3” Over at the Raptors Playbook YouTube channel (@RaptorsPlaybook on Twitter), I am breaking down the X’s & O’s of the Toronto Raptors. This week, we’ll focus on “Snap 3” – a play designed to create an easy catch for a post up that properly spaces the floor to isolate a mismatch.…

Norman Powell – Changing Speeds

We all remember it well enough, Norman Powell near half court with Lucas Nogueira jogging to set a high screen for him. Kyle Lowry and Patrick Patterson spaced out to the left wing and the corner, Powell was attacking out of the high pick n’ roll. Solomon Hill gets caught behind the screen and Powell…

Raptors Playbook: “Horns 4”

Raptors Playbook: “Horns 4”   Over at the Raptors Playbook YouTube channel (@RaptorsPlaybook on Twitter), I am breaking down the X’s & O’s of the Toronto Raptors. This week, we’ll focus on their “Horns 4” – a play specifically designed to leverage the speed of Pascal Siakam against recovering defenders. Watch the video embedded below…