Executed well, the triangle is a free-flowing offense that can create easy opportunities for weak-side pick and rolls out of the pinch post.

Tex became famous for popularizing the triple-post, sideline triangle, or simply, triangle offense, a basketball system based on equal opportunity.

LeBron James acknowledges the enduring aspects of the Triangle Offense, but insists that the pace-and-space approach would render the entire system obsolete.

Phil Jackson’s open mind to Tex Winter’s triangle offense made a big difference for the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.