Cavatt
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Someone who knows X's and O's can speak to this better, but I think our defense would be much better if we just fundamentally stopped having our bigs trap on the perimeter so aggressively on P&R and stopped having them constantly switch onto guards. Like why the hell is Zizic ever switching out onto guards or trapping them at half-court?
Think of it this way, if I was to ask what is our defense designed to take away - can you really answer that question? We don't pack the paint to protect the rim, and we give up open 3's all the time by over-helping on dribble penetration.
We need an identity on D and need to make use of guys like Zizic/Nance who are great at verticality to funnel stuff to vs all the switching and trapping.
I guess I would say it is supposed to take away 3's above the key, one of the lowest percentage 3's, but ones that Curry and Thompson like to take.
Giving them up in the corner and looks at the rim sucks so bad though. Those are the highest percentage plays in the NBA.
I think the basis of our defense is fine if you mix it in here or there, but it can easily be beat by some simple passing. So, when you use it over and over again, you give it up to the roll man consistently and kicking it to the corner is pretty easy. It should be a wrinkle, not the foundation on which the defense is built.
The pother thing is that every damn player in the NBA is getting good at shooting long 3's, so I am not even sure switching gives you much advantage over a more traditional scheme anymore. Guy just backs out another couple of feet and can shoot it within that very small amount of time it takes to switch.