Coaching | Golden State Cut Assists | NBA

There are different ways to get an easy basket in the NBA. We can count on the pure individual talent of a player, but also on a good pass, the famous “assists” whose John Stockton dominates the classification.

But in recent years, the NBA has developed different indicators to go a little further. Thus, the league records the “screen assists”, that is to say the screens which lead to a basket. With 277 since the start of the season, Rudy Gobert has helped his teammates the most to get baskets this way, supporting them on 676 points. He is ahead of Steven Adams (575 points) and Jakob Poeltl (560 points).

The NBA also records “hockey assists” or “secondary assists”, which are assists before assists. It is often she who creates the discrepancy, or the situation of overcrowding. In this game, Mike Conley has been first (57) since the start of the season, ahead of Stephen Curry (55), Darius Garland (51) and Chris Paul (50).

The Golden State point guard would also likely be in the top spots if the league recorded what some call “Cut Assists.”

What is it about ? In fact, movements of a player which disturb the opposing defenses, because there is a miscommunication, and two players do not agree on the fact of “switching” for example, resulting in indirect openings. The Warriors have systematized this with in particular their double MVP who, even in a breakdown of address, attracts the attention of his opponents so much that he creates breaches.

Here is an excellent montage of Doug Brotherton to realize what it is exactly.