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UCLA Basketball: New Year, New Offense

Freshman point guard Lonzo Ball, has been one of the most ballyhooed recruits the UCLA Basketball team has received in recent history, but along with his prodigious skills, Ball brings with him an offensive system that might make viewers think Showtime is back in LA.

So how will UCLA perform on offense this season? Let us look at the set up.

Ball-ing Out

This new system, pioneered by his father LaVar Ball, plays at an uptempo place and utilizes many unorthodox concepts, most namely the belief that practiced shooters should be free to take long distance uncontested shots, generally thought to be poor to take.