djsunyc wrote:LuessiT wrote:trwi7 wrote:
Have you watched the last two years? It is flawed, because good teams can and do exploit it and we've refused to change it. That's a coaching and system flaw.
That's not what I said. I'm personally not in the slightest a fan of our defensive system. But if one wants to have an open discuss there should be an acknowledgement that it was successfully implemented. And no, it didn't just beat up on bad teams. The scheme can clearly work if correctly implemented and with the right personel. Also a lot of OPs examples are missed individual rotations rather than a scheme issue.
the video does mention it - he's highlighting that people are hitting 3's at a much better clip and that brook lost a big step on defense.
I've seen the video. I'm not saying the video is bad, especially for the audience it's aimed at but it's not nearly enough to form a based opinion on wether our scheme is bad or good.
This isn't the right place to have an in depth conversations about defense so I'll keep it short. Assuming the scheme is to stay, what we need to work on either by coaching or change in personel is to increase the time before defense breakdowns:
Occasionally change up coverages. Fake that you're bringing help, play the passing lane and anticipate the pass.
Change the coverage depending on the shot clock. When the shot clock is down, play man to man. If the shot clock is so far down that there wouldn't be time for an extra pass after the kickout, revert to the scheme and close out hard.
Rim protectors should sometimes gamble and play the pass over the shot attempt. Teams adapt to our tendencies so adapt to theirs.
Identify situations when a player needs help and when not. Giannis in the post versus anyone? No help needed. Forbes switched onto a big in the post? Bring the double before the pass. Jrue versus anyone? He's fine, don't help.
And lastly identify who's causing our defense to break down and limit these breakdowns by coaching or change of personel. Brook should be gone. Forbes is actually much better defensively than the video suggests. I mean he's an absolutely awful individual defender but he's in the right position and makes the correct rotations a lot of the time.
If we play smart defenders and change our coverages occasionally we should be a lot better.
