5-Out play
5-Out: Post-Up After the Cut
- Court
- Half court
- Length
- 8 steps
About this play
How a post plays inside 5-out without breaking it. Why the post is a cutter, not a station: a player who finishes his basket cut with a mismatch may seal on the ball-side block for one or two counts, and a post that is a surprise is harder to guard than a post that is a position; if the ball doesn't come, he leaves, and he never leaves empty-handed: on his way out he sets a back screen for the wing, so even a post-up that gets no ball produces a cut. Counter shown: the scouted defense fronts the post, so the wing reverses the ball to the top and the post re-seals on the high side of the front, the far wing flashes to the elbow to pull the help, and the lob over the front finishes it, because a fronted post is a lob by rule. Rule: the post catches and settles, checks his inside shoulder, and relocates after two counts so the spacing never dies. The two-count post rule and the back-screen exit come from Coach's Clipboard's open post offense, and Slappin' Glass's Seattle Storm breakdown shows how a real post lives inside 5-out; look them up.
