Set Plays

Butler

How to run Butler — a set play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Butler — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 3; 1 cuts to the left low post; 2 cuts to the basket
Butler — frame 2 diagram
5 cuts to the left wing; 3 cuts to the left wing; 2 cuts to the left corner
Butler — frame 3 diagram
5 cuts to the left wing; 3 passes to 1; 1 passes to 2
Butler — frame 4 diagram
4 cuts to the lane; 3 passes to 2; 1 cuts to the left block; 2 passes to X3
Butler — frame 5 diagram
4 cuts to the lane
Butler — frame 6 diagram
5 cuts to the left low post; 4 cuts to the free-throw line; 1 cuts to the left wing; 3 cuts to the right wing; 2 cuts to the right corner; X4 cuts to the basket
Butler — frame 7 diagram
1 passes to 3; 5 cuts to the basket

Run Butler to move the ball side-to-side and drag the defense out of position before attacking. You swing the ball, then send your wing into a cut off the pass while the big slides to the lane as a safety valve. It creates natural pressure on the helper and gives you a built-in cutter and a back-cut big as simultaneous threats.

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