The better question is why it isn't employed a little more often. When you see it in the pros, a team is desperate. But I'm all for the occasional switch to press if a coach sees a matchup he likes or just wants to step on the gas. Pretty sure OKC has done this from time to time. But you leave yourself pretty exposed.
The better question is why it isn't employed a little more often. When you see it in the pros, a team is desperate. But I'm all for the occasional switch to press if a coach sees a matchup he likes or just wants to step on the gas. Pretty sure OKC has done this from time to time. But you leave yourself pretty exposed.
The Celtics tried it under Rick Pitino and it was an utter failure. You can't get the player's to buy in, too many ball handlers and good passer's, and not enough impact players to waste their energy chasing a moving ball around.
But you leave yourself pretty exposed.
2001 - part of the NBA's efforts to increase scoring. Most of the 8-second violations I've seen were from guards just being stupid - rather than from backcourt pressure. I remember seeing Deron get 2-3 of those during his time in Utah and Sam Cassell got one in a critical playoff game against the Suns. They get used to walking the ball up and lose track of time.How long has the ruling been 8 seconds in the back court?
With only 8 seconds in the back court, why don' they do it?
Will someone with some basketball experience please explain?
The way to break the press is to get the ball to the middle of the court. Formation is a simple five dot on a die formation. Press will have three defenders behind the middle dot. Get the ball to the middle dot and you now have a 3 on 2 advantage. Reason it works in the college ranks is that the middle guy is a big and not a good ball handler and decision maker. Jazz had Malone as the middle dot, who could handle the ball enough, was in control enough, and good enough passer to handle the 3 on 2.
One on one full court pressure is more apt to get a turnover in the NBA than a press.