One of my favorite developments when it came to the late-stage offensive utilization of Mikal Bridges when he was still with the Phoenix Suns was the way they used him as screener — or in some cases a pseudo-screener.
At the time, it was a cute little quirk to a Suns offense that started to face some stagnancy as defenses would load up to stop the ball, whether initiated by Chris Paul or Devin Booker. It also gave Bridges a chance to get some “on-ball” reps without really being on the ball.
One of the other gravitational responses came as a product of Bridges often slipping these screens; in the examples I’ll show in just a second, you’ll see him tag — in some cases with his hands, looking for a second like a press corner in football giving a receiver physicality at the line of scrimmage — the on-ball defender to get himself separation as he gets downhill, playmaking on the short roll.