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Juancho Hernangomez and the art of spacing the floor

There’s more to spacing the floor as an off-ball player than just being able to shoot. Shooting is a sort of prerequisite to being able to properly space the floor, but not every great shooter provides the same amount of gravity when operating on the weak side (away from the basketball). There are dozens of principles and tricks that the more crafty floor spacers can learn that will help them maximize their gravity. Denver’s third-year wing, Juancho Hernangomez, is already an elite floor-spacer and off-ball mover.

One off the basic principles for spot-up shooters playing off of the ball is to slide your feet in the same direction as the ball-handler.