Strong side/weak side offense/defense?

Question

Can someone please explain to me the difference between strong side offense, strong side defense, weak side offense and weak side defense.

Can someone please explain to me the difference between strong side offense, strong side defense, weak side offense and weak side defense.
I once heard it has to do where the refereess were positioned
Also..someone please explain what TE is

Answer 1

Strong side offense is where the ball is, also known as ball side. Weak side is called help side sometimes, and is the other side. Strong side can be just with one or two players if you are running an clearout, iso, pick and roll or something of the sort. Most of your spot-up jump shooters like Jason Kapono work the weak side of the offense and wait on ball rotation to get shots, while slashing guards like Starbury and scoring big men like Eddy Curry live mostly on the strong side. Defense works the same way. Guarding the ball is always strong side, and when a guard drives the lane or a forward posts up, if someone comes from the other side to help they always call that help or weak side D. Marcus Camby excels at coming off the weak side to defend shots. Lock down defenders like Ron Artest play a lot of strong side and defend the primary scorers and the usual passing lanes.

I have no idea what TE may mean.

Answer 2

Because there are five players, generally three of the five players will have to be on one side. That side with the majority of the players is the strong side. The other is the weak side. Generally, strong side defense is played with an extra man leaving an open man on the weak side. Which is why coaches stress the skip pass to the open man. It forces the defense to rush over to defend that open man and compensate across the floor. Once that ball has been passed over to the weak side and the defense is adjusting, a quick entry pass can be made to the post or to cutters who have the advantage on an adjusting defense. The low post also usually has the advantage of one on one coverage or even better, they are wide open. Passing the ball makes it all happen.

Answer 3

strong side offense would be the focal point of the set play (where the ball is). say in an iso play set in the right wing above the elbow of the free throw line. weak side offense is on the opposite side. usually 2nd and third options of the play that are away from the focal point of the offense (away from the ball). same thing in the defensive side. strong side D would be on the ball defense where the ball is. weak side would be the D opposite where the ball is

Answer 4

"Strong side" refers to the side of the half-court where the basketball is and, generally speaking, the majority of the players on either the offense or defense. "Weak side", therefore, refers to the area of the half-court away from the basketball and where there is only one or two offensive or defensive players.

Answer 5

strong side - 3 or more players
weak side - 1 or 2 players max

Answer 6

Thank you man, you answered my question as a realist. I can't stand when people would say, Nash makes Marion better. Because it's a darn lie! When joing the Suns, it was Nash's numbers who got better(by alot).