The future of drop-big defense; and, necessary adjustments

[SCS]

TL;DR

We need long athletic switchy wing defenders.

Basically this. We need more wing depth/size/length in the rotation. Doesn't necessarily need to be in the starting lineup. But it needs to be a rotation option.

It's pretty much a necessity to have it as an option on the weak side and on the nail if you want to win a championship.

 

[trentban22]

I love that you mentioned C.Wood coz Rudy needs some help, that help doesn't have to be a defensive specialist but just being bigger and longer certainly helps. Wood pushing Bogey to the 3 gives us length and strength defensively at least. I'd feel much better with Wood coming to help when Rudy is out at the 3pt line. It's better that what we have now.

I love JC as much as anyone but I'd use his $$ to sign Wood and make Conley the scorer off the bench. Realistically I dont see us moving Conley. And can use MLE/BAE on Harkless/Jones Jr type for perimeter D. Assuming trading out Davis and Bradley...

I like the flexibility of this core
Rudy
Wood
Bogey
O'Neal
Mitchell
Conley
Ingles
Harkless/Jones

Especially Conley and Wood pick and pop.

 

[NAOS]

Basically this. We need more wing depth/size/length in the rotation. Doesn't necessarily need to be in the starting lineup. But it needs to be a rotation option.

It's pretty much a necessity to have it as an option on the weak side and on the nail if you want to win a championship.

We need it in the starting lineup.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Watching Denver absolutely fold up as the lakers apply a zone... man remember when they busted that zone we threw at them? Oh wait... we didn’t try it... even though we have an elite ****ing rim protector and it would allow him to patrol the paint.

 

[NAOS]

Zone defense is taking over both conference finals. Wish we had a mad genius coach that woulda added this to his bag.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Zone defense is taking over both conference finals. Wish we had a mad genius coach that woulda added this to his bag.

We should hire my junior high school coach we had a nasty zone.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I promise you Quin will roll some zone out next year and people will talk about what a novel idea it is... even though we had issues with Rudy getting pulled out of the paint all season and it is something we already should have exhausted thoroughly.

It’s likely too simple and we have to focus more on sex machine concepts right @infection

 

[One Brow]

Zone defense is taking over both conference finals. Wish we had a mad genius coach that woulda added this to his bag.

Ultimately, the quality of the commitment and ability of the defenders matters more that the type of defense. Bad man-to-man defenders make bad zone defenders.

 

[NAOS]

Ultimately, the quality of the commitment and ability of the defenders matters more that the type of defense. Bad man-to-man defenders make bad zone defenders.

There’s a value added to the overall defense, even if you have just two different versions of “bad”.

In baseball, you’re a better pitcher if you have a bad fastball AND a bad change-up than if you just have a bad fastball.

Anding a different schematic really matters. And it probably helps improve the defenders timing and instincts.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Ultimately, the quality of the commitment and ability of the defenders matters more that the type of defense. Bad man-to-man defenders make bad zone defenders.

There is a lot of truth to the quality of the defenders being super important obviously... One of the benefits of a zone is it can help hide bad defenders.

To be truly effective we'd need more length on defense, but schemes do matter. You attack a zone differently and just that switch may cause issues for a handful of possessions. We were so bad even a small window of effectiveness might have made a decent impact.

 

[One Brow]

There’s a value added to the overall defense, even if you have just two different versions of “bad”.

In baseball, you’re a better pitcher if you have a bad fastball AND a bad change-up than if you just have a bad fastball.

How much does adding a bad slider to that mix help? Are there diminishing returns?

To my untrained eyes, we already play a couple of different defensive schemes. Maybe more zone would help.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

There’s a value added to the overall defense, even if you have just two different versions of “bad”.

In baseball, you’re a better pitcher if you have a bad fastball AND a bad change-up than if you just have a bad fastball.

Anding a different schematic really matters. And it probably helps improve the defenders timing and instincts.

The ball has to move in a zone too, so its also a way to not let the two best players on the floor control the entire possession.