re: Alabama State 56 @ LSU 74 Final - ESPN+

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I didn’t know he had an offensive game . Are setting screens part of a players offensive game?

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yes…….. screening is one of the most fundamental aspects of offensive basketball. The pick and roll has been dominant for a long time now, even ball screens or other types of screens too.

Look at GSW in the NBA. They won four NBA championships off the back of a screen heavy offense, both on and off the ball.

Setting screens is EXTREMELY important for the way we play. Dean sets screens and seals off his man which gives 5 feet of space to our players to shoot. When we get Cook back he’s going to NEED SCREENS. He doesn’t just sit in the post like Baker who doesn’t set screens for anyone.

I’ve seen his highlights at George Washington (and I might be the only one crazy enough to watch them)
Even outside of just screens he is a great roll man and has a crazy vertical. He has been open under the basket multiple times but we fail to hit him either because our players don’t want to give him the ball, don’t see him, or are incapable of throwing the entry pass.

Dean has deceptive guard skills (he played like a guard in high school), he can shoot midranges and threes, but he’s not played that way.