Poor Positioning Illustrated

In three-man mechanics, as lead you must get ball side, period.  There are rare times where you will have a skip pass followed immediately by a drive or shot, where you would stop your flex, but that is a very rare occurrence.  Take a look at this:

 
Mr. Red is watching the ball on the opposite wing, while there is a competitive matchup ongoing on the opposite block.  He's also right on the end line, so even if he decided not to flex, like he would have done in the archaic days of 2-man, he has no depth from the court to see the post play at all--completely straight-lined.  It's also apparent that the defender got beat pretty badly, so you know this did not originate on a skip pass.  The C should be going top side on the drive, moving the opposite direction of the dribbler in his on-ball  matchup.  This is a prime example of terrible positioning that will absolutely lead to either guessing or missed calls.  That L is screwed.

Learn from this.  On about 4 levels, this is exactly what you are NOT supposed to be doing.  This positioning is even poor for 2-man mechanics, because he is is right on the endline.  Get ball side and flex.