This can't be overstated enough.
Yes, a zone is a good tool for a few possessions, but playing it full time means your team is likely nonathletic and not very talented. Or it's Syracuse.
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This can't be overstated enough.
Yes, a zone is a good tool for a few possessions, but playing it full time means your team is likely nonathletic and not very talented. Or it's Syracuse.
Yeah they have only been practicing since Sept. played 30 games plus 2 exhib. games, and had oh 150 practices to learn the big men to move their feet and not be constantly in foul trouble. Not to mention the very good possibility of playing 3 games in 3 days at the SEC tournament...... Nah !
Wow ! Thanks Coach K, Wooden Rupp for those very insightful comments from your wealth of Basketball knowledge. I will be hanging on every word, just trying to absorb more hoop knowledge !
That guy is heavier than Lebron. How is a zone supposed to slow him if Alex doesn't end up on him? Doesn't matter what defense we play - if that guy is fired up for a certain game, he's gonna get his unless you are '15 Kentucky with oak trees off the bench. So what do you do? Let him try to beat you all by himself. That's what we did, and he dunked in everybody's face while his teammates did nothing.
And your point? Evidently they need more practice at it because they're not very good at it? Isn't that the whole point?
Are they only allowed to practice it so many minutes, hours, days. Should they just give up and stop trying to get better? Bottom line is, there are much, much more important things this team needs to work on defensively than a zone defense that they'll hardly ever use.
Umm... you just basically proved @DwayneMeighan point. The bigs have been through all that you listed, yet they still struggle with it.
So how is it that more time spent working on it is a bad thing? The more time spent working on it the better, and especially if some of that time is during game on the road, with a ruckus crowd and whistle happy refs.
I just don't understand why some people focus on negativity? Especially after a win. On the road. In the conference.
Zone is the new backup quarterback
They did not need to until the end as their inside game was not slowed down.
It's easier to run an offense against a zone then it is to play zone defense.
Some more than others. Zone defense that's hardly ever going to be utilized falls in the others category.
Probably not, FT shooting, stop fouling, keep turnovers down, going inside on offense.
Umm... that's the whole point. You're basically agreeing with what I said. There are some things that need to be worked on more than others. Zone is in the others category, meaning it's not as important.
Yep ! My OP stated I am a man to man believer, but most folks don't bother reading the entire post...... what are ya gonna do ????
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Who gives a crap about these players and the next level. I am interested in what these players provide to UK. UK isn't an NBA farm system and some fans need to realize that. Based on what most of these players have demonstrated to this point, their names and the NBA shouldn't be used in the same sentence this year if the sentence doesn't say these players aren't even close to NBA ready. It is one of the least NBA prepared collection of players that UK has had in a long time.