Securing a clean, one-on-one post touch in modern basketball is incredibly difficult due to early help defense and fronting. Create a deep post seal for #5 by using him as a decoy screener first, then freeing him through a blind Back-Screen.
Getting the ball to the post isn’t just about throwing a good pass; it’s about manipulating the defense before the pass is even made. “Badalona” uses the defense’s anticipation of a guard action (the shuffle cut) to camouflage a brute-force post-up. Defenders instinctively turn their heads. “The best post-ups aren’t called they’re created.”