Another situation where this is helpful is when the wing defender is denying the pass to the wing. With this play, you don't have to pass the ball to the wing. It's just a simple, old-fashioned weave-type hand-off from the point guard to the wing player, with the point guard setting the screen.
"W2" & "W3"
Call the play whatever you want - "W2" (meaning the weave-screen is going to O2). Call "W3" for the play to go to O3 instead. With "W2" the point guard dribbles over to O2, makes the handoff to O2 (diagram A), while screening off his/her X2 defender. O2 comes around the screen, takes the hand-off and could pop out for the 3-point shot - this screen usually results in enough spacing for an open shot. Optionally, if the X1 defender plays up tight to deny the outside shot, O2 attacks the defender with a dribble move into the paint for a pull-up jumper.
"Back" Option
After running W2 or W3 a few times, the opponent starts looking for it, and X2 will come over the screen and jam the hand-off, while X1 "jump-switches" the screen. The counter for this is the "Back" option (diagram C). With the back option, O2 fakes toward the ball, lets the defender come along and then suddenly back-cuts for the bounce pass and lay-up. Notice that we move O4 to the weakside high post to clear O2's path to the basket. If the X5 defender slides over, O2 could pass to O5.View Complete Article
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