NBA 5-Out Offense: Delay Chicago

Time to return to the 5-Out offense study before the season starts to dive into more specific actions that teams run! Previously I looked at some of the spacing, common actions, and sets out of “Wide” series and touched on “Delay” - all of those links and more can be found in the “5-Out” section.

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Chicago Definition

I use the term “Chicago” when there is a dribble handoff for a player coming off a pindown screen. Here is an example of this action coming out of Purdue’s Chicago set.

Breakdown - Purdue Boilermakers Chicago Set

Breakdown - Purdue Boilermakers Chicago Counters

Delay Chicago

Like the normal Delay entry, the ball gets passed to the middle of the floor to typically the trailing or flashing big. The big can then choose either side of the floor to go into a dribble handoff after a pindown, then rolls to the rim. When the player comes off the hand off they can shoot off it, attack the basket, and creates shake or single tag action.

This also gives the big handling in the middle of the floor to “Keep & Throw” or get to the next player for a handoff.

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Previous Breakdowns in the 5-Out Offense study:

Part 1 - NBA 5 Out Offense: Spacing

Part 2 - NBA 5-Out Offense: Wide

Part 3 - NBA 5-Out Offense: Wide Dribble

Part 4 - NBA 5-Out Offense: Wide Elbow

Part 5 - NBA 5-Out Offense: Wide Specials

Part 6 - NBA 5-Out Offense: Delay

Part 7 - NBA 5-Out Offense: Delay Flare

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Delay Flare Chicago (Options)