Oak Park High senior Ochai Agbaji alternated between his left and right foot as his launching pedestal, an effortless leap into the air that placed him nearly eye level with the rim. He squeezed a leather basketball into his fingertips and dunked it through the cylinder.
During a Monday afternoon practice, the Northmen ran some variation of this drill over and over again — Agbaji pivoting around a screen or two, darting to the basket and finishing with a two-handed alley-oop.
It’s one of several plays that Oak Park coach Brennan Scanlon implemented specifically for Agbaji. The practice was simply a dry run — no defenders — but Scanlon still pointed out a screen that wasn’t set quite correctly.