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Do we really think that the coaches are not spending time in practice going over how to screen and practicing plays off screens?  That seems… unlikely.  Fair enough that the screens are not as effective as they could be and that is frustrating as a fan, but from public comments, practice time is very finite and scheduled to the minute.  Thus, spending more time on screening necessarily means spending less time on something else.

BC

Whether the team practices it or not, the screens are weak and that hinders generating better offense and better outcomes.

See my comment above. I think you may not always be seeing what we’re running. If you’re ghost/slip screening, you’re not intending to actually set a hard screen because you’re doing a timing slip or a roll into the lane; alternatively, you’re getting the defender to anticipate a screen that’s not actually happening so that the defender is starting to think “am I supposed to go under or over the top”, but instead the player with the ball is about to blow by while you’re making up your mind. Or, you’re setting the screen in name only because you’re trying to roll off very quickly to get in the lane. Quicker guards (Shay, or Clardy) can use slips effectively.

We’re talking in big generalities here. I don’t doubt that as a team, we could be screening better, and some of the younger players are still green and making mistakes. Somfai leans and she’s picked up some avoidable offensive fouls for that, and Eschmeyer has not always gotten set when she’s setting a traditional screen. Remember that modern-era screens (really, imported from the NBA) come in a lot of different looks and some of them are screens in name only by design.

FWIW, Stevenson sets the best traditional screen. She can really wipe someone out.

Warriors ghost screening

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Do we really think that the coaches are not spending time in practice going over how to screen and practicing plays off screens?  That seems… unlikely.  Fair enough that the screens are not as effective as they could be and that is frustrating as a fan, but from public comments, practice time is very finite and scheduled to the minute.  Thus, spending more time on screening necessarily means spending less time on something else.

BC

Whether the team practices it or not, the screens are weak and that hinders generating better offense and better outcomes.

See my comment above. I think you may not always be seeing what we’re running. If you’re ghost/slip screening, you’re not intending to actually set a hard screen because you’re doing a timing slip or a roll into the lane; alternatively, you’re getting the defender to anticipate a screen that’s not actually happening so that the defender is starting to think “am I supposed to go under or over the top”, but instead the player with the ball is about to blow by while you’re making up your mind. Or, you’re setting the screen in name only because you’re trying to roll off very quickly to get in the lane. Quicker guards (Shay, or Clardy) can use slips effectively.

We’re talking in big generalities here. I don’t doubt that as a team, we could be screening better, and some of the younger players are still green and making mistakes. Somfai leans and she’s picked up some avoidable offensive fouls for that, and Eschmeyer has not always gotten set when she’s setting a traditional screen. Remember that modern-era screens (really, imported from the NBA) come in a lot of different looks and some of them are screens in name only by design.

FWIW, Stevenson sets the best traditional screen. She can really wipe someone out.

Warriors ghost screening