A miniature Kemba Walker streaks across the monitor, yo-yoing around high ball screen after high ball screen. With each clip, the All-Star point guard ultimately gets clogged by the defense, waiting for his big man to roll towards the rim. If Walker can pounce the moment the opposing giant turns to track his teammate, and directly follow that big man’s line, a sea of defense would part and open space for Walker’s devastating dribble drives. The film pauses. “You might be able to get some money out of that,” says Jay Hernandez, a Charlotte Hornets assistant coach.
The real Walker nods along, sitting left of Hernandez on a bench inside the NBPA’s practice court, five stories above New York City’s Bryant Park.