[ClutchFans] Rockets Playbook: The Primary Baseline Out of Bounds Set

Thanks, but no, I do not coach.

I occasionally help out a friend of mine when he can't make time to coach his 16-18 year olds, but it's really more about teaching fundamentals and getting the kids to to have fun out there.
I have a few other coaching-friends here in the area that are kinda enough to ask me for input whenever I'm watching their teams and I do spend a great deal of time watching/studying basketball, but it's really just a hobby of mine -- I simply enjoy looking at the strategy side of things.

I suppose I must not be totally clueless since a bunch of coaches, scouts, video coordinators, as well as the great John Hollinger (not sure how that one happened ) follow me on twitter -- despite (or perhaps rather because) me not tweeting a whole lot -- or have subscribed to my youtube channel.
Still, I'll be the first one to admit that there's some stuff I don't know.

All options that the Rockets have implemented/gone to so far are included in the video compilation.
As for your question, I can't really follow, sorry. The guard/wing in the opposite corner is cutting through the lane to set an additional screen on the other side?

Anyhow, as some of you pointed out the Rockets indeed went to this set twice in the Bobcats game.
Of course, after I pointed how Harden rarely goes for the long two, he did just that, when he probably did so less than 5 times out of this set all of last season.

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The second time around Dwight didn't set all that great a down-screen for Parsons, making it pretty impossible for Parsons to get separation from his defender, considering Parsons isn't quite as good as Harden to begin with, as far as adjusting to what their defender does.
Still the Rockets ended up scoring on that possession, as, as I pointed out, with Howard on the team now, the Rockets have the luxury to go to him in the post anytime neither of the initial options are there.

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Thanks.

Here's an update for ya: The Rockets have implemented a post-up wrinkle for Dwight out of the same alignment.

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Starts out the same... 1-4 flat alignment, Dwight releases high. Instead of passing to the PF however, Dwight will hit the guard/wing in the near corner who comes up to the wing himself.
The guy who inbounded the ball will then set a rip screen for Dwight to get him position on the block.

Obviously there are various ways to post guys up. Cross-screens, rip-screens, some sort of staggered screens, having guys make entry passes of zipper cuts, etc...
For reference, the Blazers are probably the team that uses rip screens for post-ups (out of the half-court) the most.

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Also, I probably should have mentioned that the Rockets may have trouble getting proper spacing to effectively run their BOB flex action with Howard and Asik on the court together.
I guess I thought it goes without saying. Teams have and will sag off Asik to clog up the lane, which will obviously make it hard(er) for the Rockets to effectively run this action.