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Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:01 am to Corinthians420
So, there are illegal defenses in the NBA. Call it whatever you want if you like but you can’t just play any zone like a college team can because that isn’t LEGAL in the NBA.

You can play any zone you want to play as long as you keep the paint defender moving in and out. The old school illegal defensive rules outlawed zones period. Now certain coaches were smart enough to trick the officials and play a matchup zone and not get called but in todays game that isn't needed because there are no rules against types of defense just how long your help defenders can be in the lane in zone or in man. That's why you see teams playing man get defensive 3 second calls. Man to man defense isn't against the rules but having your help defender camp out in the lane over 3 seconds is. Zone defense isn't illegal but having your paint defender camp out in the lane over 3 seconds is. The type of defense you are playing isn't relevant.

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Posted by Madking

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Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:45 am to redfishfan

There are dozens and dozens of articles from the 80s and 90s complaining about teams like Bulls, Sonics, Knicks and Pistons stretching or manipulating the rules to play zone defenses back then. The only real change from the original illegal D to the 3 second rule is the leniency on digging and help position. In the old days you couldn’t be caught in between on a post dig or help on a perimeter player but now you're allowed to do it. but you cant go out there and sit in a 2-3 or 1-3-1 zone. the only actual zone alignment you'll see in the NBA is 1-2-2 which is really just a sagging man to man the way they play it.

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