5-Out play
5-Out: Delay Get and Pop
- Court
- Half court
- Length
- 9 steps
About this play
Delay: the five takes the ball at the top in 5-out and the guards in the slots read him. Why it came down from the NBA: a big with the ball at the top is a decision the defense's worst perimeter defender has to make on every catch. The closest guard sprints into the get for the handoff, or back cuts if he is overplayed, and the five rolls after the exchange; a chin cut off the five's back screen is the other trigger. Counter shown: the scouted defense drops the five's defender to the elbow and chases the handler over the top, so the five pops to the three-point line instead of rolling, the handler reverse pivots and throws it back, and the big attacks the closeout, because a drop coverage can't guard a popping screener. Rule: the handoff receiver runs through the exchange; a drop big at the elbow is a pop, a hedging big is a roll. I learned Delay from Coach Marc Hart's write-up on 5-out Delay actions and Hooper University's Celtics film, which also covers the chin cut; read them for the rest of the triggers.
