ForeverTFC wrote:bledredwine wrote:NO-KG-AI wrote:
So we're going with, the 90's had great spacing because teams were pulling their centers out of the paint, so that defense had to guard them away from the basket?
Someone explain why the great centers were blocking 4 shots per game plz.
I swear y'all just invent reality lol.
It’s a bit maddening really. I think it’s because the lebron ship is sailing and everyone’s making excuses.
I'm a bit confused here. Are you guys trying to tell me it's not easier to score in isolation with illegal defense in effect?
Jordan himself said removing illegal defense would have neutered his game. Are the good folks at the Chicago Tribute Lebron Stans as well?
The subject was defense in the NBA, and Michael Jordan was speaking, although more about offense, especially his. We know few defenses could do anything about that.
But there was one that might be bothersome, the zone defense. It was the topic du jour at last month’s All-Star Game, and Jordan was making an impassioned plea before the competition committee that had gathered to consider rules changes to enliven the NBA game. Jordan spoke passionately. If teams were able to play zone defenses, he said, he never would have had the career he did.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/04/01/if-zone-defenses-come-in-stars-may-go-out/
There are so much misunderstanding about elimination of illegal defense myth that never seems to go away.
Elimination of illegal defense primarily impacts post isolation because you can now setup defensive schemes to double a post player WITHOUT the ball and since it's in the paint, it's not much distance to recover in defense.
People that seems to oblivious on the impact of this rule change brings this up in context to perimeter offense thinking that its primary negative impact is on perimeter isolation.
Why would it?
You think it's a good idea to send help to a perimeter player or a certain spot at the top or near the arc that's away from the ball consistently? Any NBA level teams knows how to exploit that because it leaves so much gap in the defense that is hard to recover from.
Also people that love to bring this topic up seem to be oblivious that teams during the illegal defense used to sag off there man consistantly and were only called if it was obvious they were doubling off the ball or if a defender in the paint opposing player runs off to the arc and they remained in the paint (which again was not common).
MJ definatley had cause of concern when it was proposed, because it could take away some of the post oriented schemes that Bulls employed....but this is important,
the league along with the elimination of illegal defense also introduced the defensive 3 seconds which actually helped perimeter offense since it encouraged in opening up the paint.Zone defense gets rarely used today...it'd often used more to give an opponent something different to look at. If it was so effective at stifling perimeter offense....it would be used most of the time...BUT it's not...and that tells you a lot.