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Become a subscriber of Back Screen—it’s free! Back Screen is a newsletter named after its namesake action, a misdirection play that takes a defender by surprise, a play that depends on the selfless and underappreciated act of setting a screen to free a teammate for an easy basket. A player who successfully sets a back screen is often overlooked because it doesn’t show up in the box score or the stats sheet—but it leads directly to the things that do show up, a potential assist for the passer, points for the shooter. The Back Screen newsletter attempts to surprise the reader with a story about a player, a coach, a team, a game or an event that ends up hitting the target.