High Post Offense, Part 1: Corner Split

Under Dave Joerger, the Sacramento Kings are reforming how their offense is structured. Instead of the Dribble-Drive Offense under George Karl that emphasized isolation slashing from the perimeter, the Kings will work much of the offense through the high post. Somewhere, Rick Adelman is smiling; this is the same setup that the Kings were so successful with in the early 2000s with Chris Webber and Vlade Divac.

There is a lot of actions you can run out of the high post. My personal favorite is called the “corner split.” Here’s the basic setup:

The ball is entered into a big at the high post, which is at one of the elbows inside of the three point line.