What’s up, internet basketball junkie?

Before we jump into today's newsletter, a quick thank you.

This week, the Matt Hackenberg Basketball Facebook Page crossed 100,000 followers 🎉

When I started sharing basketball ideas online, I never imagined that many coaches would be interested in learning, discussing, and growing together.

The fact that over 100,000 basketball junkies have chosen to follow along is something I don't take for granted.

So thank you for reading the newsletter, watching the videos, joining the livestreams, and supporting the work.

And if you're not already following the Facebook page, I'd love to have you THERE. I post basketball content every day and it's one of the best places to keep up with everything we're working on.

Now, let's get into this week's Starting Five.

THE STARTING FIVE

🥇 Best of the Week I had a few epiphanies on my Hall of Fame Coaches BLOB study... this is one of them:

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The Unscoutable BLOB
"Swirl" is designed to make the defense wrong

12:41 AM • Jun 2, 2026

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PG - 🏀 I've been on quite the BLOB kick lately... tons and tons of BLOB film:

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13 BLOBs to get the ball INSIDE
1 | Open up the paint and slip into it

10:59 AM • May 30, 2026

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SG - 🏀 Remember the name Eric Olen (New Mexico) - Stud. Coach Pat Casey came on the stream to deep dive Coach Olen's BALL SCREEN MOTION OFFENSE:

SF - 🏀 The "5-High Ghost Offense" is just flying off the digital shelves right now (snag your copy today!):

Matt Hackenberg

@CoachHackGO

Ghost it.
Brush it.
Screen it.
or SLIP it, like you see here
The "5-High Ghost Offense" turns every 2-man game into nightmare for the defense

9:0 PM • May 31, 2026

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PF - 🏀 New on YouTube! The spin pivot backdoor is great for high school coaches:

C - 🏀 To be clear, I'm releasing a BLOB product in a few weeks, studying Hall of Fame coaches and how they approach their BLOBs:

Matt Hackenberg

@CoachHackGO

Do you use a scorer as your INBOUNDER?
🚨 Pay Attention 🚨 Here's 5 Options
1 | Bury the inbounder's defender for dribble penetration

11:3 AM • May 27, 2026

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OFF THE BENCH

🏀 Why run the Flex?

🏀 Another one for my BLOB obsession

🎥 This Week in Streaming:
Are We Teaching Basketball Wrong? | Brian McCormick
5-Out Ball Screen Motion with Coach Pat Casey

💪🏼 What am I working on? Studying Hall of Fame Coaches and how they operate as tacticians (will release Zone Offense next week, then BLOBs a couple weeks after that)... Prepping the final guide from Coach Misky on a 1-3-1 BLOB Defense System... Live streaming... Continuing to work on the Bucky McMillan pressing system, a modern defensive strategies guide...

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One final thing before I go: this week the Matt Hackenberg Basketball Facebook Page crossed 100,000 followers.

That's still hard for me to wrap my head around.

Whether you've been here since the early days or just joined recently, thank you for reading, watching, commenting, sharing, and supporting the content.

The goal has always been simple: help coaches win more games and build better programs.

Have a great week!

-Coach Hack

PS. All of the typos in this newsletter are 100% intentional to hold your attention 😃