sorry for bringing this up again as I know it's a beat to death subject and I know Cal is not going to change anytime soon but my head is going to explode if I hear one more person say a zone is just inviting more threes. Was listening to WLAP tonight and they said it twice and I almost drove into a pole.
Guys....this is not 1975 in junior pro league where zone means you have 5 guys standing on a piece of tape on the floor waiving their arms around the perimeter. An match up zone (preferably 3-2) makes it harder to get open threes than man because you have guys matching up on the perimeter. shooters are forced to step out further and shot over a good zone. How many threes did we give up yesterday in man? A bunch,and how many more wide open looks did they miss?
Man defense is hard and any breakdown leads to easy kick outs for open shots. A matchup zone stops that and is just man defense without the chasing, and fouling, fatigue and breakdowns. And the bonus is with a team with athleticism and length you get deflections than can lead to easy baskets. Thats without even extending and trapping (heaven forbid). It's hard to get deflections in man unless you can smother the dribbler and turn them around then overplay the passing lanes. How many times have you seen us do that?
Again I understand Cal is not going to change and I know why, and I know zone is not the answer to all and you have to be able to do both, but please stop with the fallacy that zones are more vulnerable to shooters.
I'll shut up about it now.
Guys....this is not 1975 in junior pro league where zone means you have 5 guys standing on a piece of tape on the floor waiving their arms around the perimeter. An match up zone (preferably 3-2) makes it harder to get open threes than man because you have guys matching up on the perimeter. shooters are forced to step out further and shot over a good zone. How many threes did we give up yesterday in man? A bunch,and how many more wide open looks did they miss?
Man defense is hard and any breakdown leads to easy kick outs for open shots. A matchup zone stops that and is just man defense without the chasing, and fouling, fatigue and breakdowns. And the bonus is with a team with athleticism and length you get deflections than can lead to easy baskets. Thats without even extending and trapping (heaven forbid). It's hard to get deflections in man unless you can smother the dribbler and turn them around then overplay the passing lanes. How many times have you seen us do that?
Again I understand Cal is not going to change and I know why, and I know zone is not the answer to all and you have to be able to do both, but please stop with the fallacy that zones are more vulnerable to shooters.
I'll shut up about it now.