Flex Cut

noun · Offense · Pro

1. A baseline cut off a screen set at the block, named after the Flex offense. The cutter runs along the baseline using a screen from a teammate positioned on the low block.

“They ran the flex cut along the baseline and popped out to the corner.”

Related: Block, Zipper, Stampede, Strapped, Twirl

Origin

Named after the Flex offense, which coach Rene Herrerias designed at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1967. At first it was called the Cha Cha.

Sources: BBIQ History: The Flex Offense Is Born

In basketball history: The Flex Offense Is Born