vincecarter4pres wrote:
I see Prok saying how horrible our defenders are, but good and great coaches get mediocre defenders to come together and be really solid team defenders and to defend statistically and by the eye very well and way above their heads for seasons at a clip on defense as well.
has he not done that?
I mean you could argue that crabbe was the worst defender in the NBA last season by the numbers. he was in skil/shaqtin a fool type territory. this year by the numbers he was a slight positive and at worst a sligtly below avg defender. huge increase. same with harris, bad defender who looked mediocure. Acy looked outstanding defensively this season. I'll give you levert was a let down defensively but carroll reverted back to what we expected from his atlanta days.
It really was just our gaurds and having no shot blocker when allen isnt on the floor (which was a big part of the year) and when allen is on the floor he is still green and a ragdoll.
but dinwiddie/russell/levert really struggle to defend especially around screens and we just lack the personal to defend the rim.
im not sure what he could do, other then change their philosophy on how to defend the pick and roll (trap instead of trail... rotate instead of daring the pick and roll gaurd to take a mid range jumpshot). and while id prefer that 1) i dont think they are going to scrap it this early and 2) i dont think it would really change much since we still dont have talented defenders and 3) its tough to play at our pace offensively and trap/rotate on defense and not have guys be exhausted
we do it how the rockets do it, how the spurs do it. we just dont have the horses yet