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Having a few extra effective basketball inbound plays is what can set one coach and their team apart from others, and can be the difference between winning and losing games. 

Since there are so many inbounds plays out there, it’s hard to know which ones will work best for your team in which situations. This is why we’ve pulled three elite inbounds plays from three top-tier coaches that you can institute into your offense. 

Kim Mulkey - 11

Kim Mulkey - 11

Kim Mulkey is the head coach of the LSU Tigers women’s basketball team. She is a six-time national champion and has been named National Coach of the Year nine times by various entities.

Coach Mulkey’s ‘11’ baseline inbounds play from her ‘Kim Mulkey - Quick Hitters & In Bound Plays’ course starts with two post players setting a staggered screen, with one player in the paint and another on the ball-side block. 

You’ll then have a shooter coming off of those screens that can catch and finish a midrange jump shot along the baseline. 

Screeners must have their back facing where they want their teammate to get the shot so that they can set as wide (and as legal) of a screen as possible. 

If the baseline jumper doesn’t become available after those two screens, then the other guard at the top of the key will set a down screen for the inbounder, who will become open at the top of the key for a three-point shot. If that shot isn’t available, then continue into your normal offense. 

Kyle Brown - Need A 3

Kyle Brown - Need A 3

Kyle Brown is the assistant men’s basketball coach at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

If you have a post player who can shoot three-pointers, one of Coach Brown’s plays from his ‘Baseline Out of Bounds For Every Situation’ course is an almost guaranteed way to get him an open shot.

It involves starting the post player along the baseline or on the wing, who will then set a screen for one of your team’s top guards (ideally one who can shoot). 

That player will then pretend like they’re heading out to the wing for a shot before turning back around and getting a back screen for the initial post player, who will then go out to the wing and likely receive an open look. 

Because the defense’s focus will be on the shooting guard, they’ll likely lose track of the big man.

Kerry Keating - ‘Gold’ Action

Kerry Keating - ‘Gold’ Action

Kerry Keating spent nine seasons in charge of the Santa Clara men's basketball program, leading the Broncos to a pair of postseason appearances.

Coach Keating’s ‘Gold’ action from his ‘End Line Out of Bounds’ course will start with the ball being inbounded to a small forward or shooting guard on the wing. The guard who inbounds the ball will then receive a set of staggered screens from the two post players (one on the block and one at the elbow), and get open in the opposite wing for a three-point shot. 

And if the shot isn’t open, the post player on the elbow can initiate a pick and roll. 

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