Setting Up in the Stack
Everyone but the point guard lines up in a vertical stack to one side of the lane; the point guard starts alone on the weak-side elbow. Put your best shooter at the bottom of the stack, closest to the block.
Selling the Decoy
The play opens with the top of the stack popping out to the perimeter to receive the inbounds pass. At the same moment, the shooter at the bottom of the stack takes a couple of steps toward the hoop and calls for the ball — a pure decoy meant to drag his defender down and away from where the real action will happen.
The inbounder then sprints the length of the baseline and clears all the way out to the weak-side wing, completely emptying that side of the floor.
The Fake and the Staggered Screen
The point guard cuts to the top of the key, catches the ball, and immediately takes a dribble in the opposite direction from where the shooter will come open — selling a fake that gets defenders moving toward the middle of the floor.
While that's happening, the two remaining post players set a staggered screen for the shooter, who reads his defender's path and cuts out to the wing for the catch — a clean midrange or three-point look depending on his range.
Coaching Points
The point guard's fake dribble toward the emptied side of the floor has to be sold convincingly — a half-hearted fake won't actually move the defenders.
No player should face the direction they're about to cut at the start of the play; squaring up early gives away the whole design before it even begins.