I love the corner cutter in a 5 OUT when the wing drives baseline. There, I said it. It’s out there and it feels so good to get that off my chest.
Why do I love him?
Well, mainly because he is the underdog. He is the most harassed cutter in the entire Read & React system, yet he continues to soldier on, following the Circle Movement principle with a blatant disregard for what outsiders might think of him.
“You’ll clog the middle!”, they yell.
“You won’t make it to the other side in time!”
“You’ll keep the penetrator from getting to the rim, you selfish…”
But, those words of discouragement don’t even phase him. He just Circle Moves like he’s been trained to. Sometimes he’s open; sometimes not, but he knows deep down that he’s doing what’s best for the big picture.
Nicely done, corner cutter in a 5 OUT when the wing drives baseline. Nicely done.
Ok, that’s over. I just had to have a little fun with this issue. In reality,
this is probably the most discussed “problem” in the Read and React. We’ve had emails about it, I’ve seen it in forums, coaches ask about it in clinics and I finally want to put it to bed (at least, for now).
The goal of this post is to look at what aspects of this action are seen as problems and examine all the proposed solutions. From there, it’s really up to you.
