re: What is your X’s and O’s critique of McMahon and MBB?

Lmfao you’re so ignorant you can’t tell that the defense was completely changed from the previous 2 seasons. You really don’t know anything about basketball that an 8 year old doesn’t know.

He uses X’s for our offense and O’s for the defense. He should use O’s for our offense and X’s for our defense.

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The offense runs good sets.

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Maybe for a middle school team.

Sometimes it’s not about the X’s and O’s It’s about the Jimmy’s and the Joe’s. We have no players

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Coach K, Bobby Knight, Chuck Daley in the NBA… these teams never switched on every screen. The man guarding the ball closed the gap and went over the screen. The man guarding the screener sagged and helped to slow down the man with the ball in case his teammate was not getting over the screen quickly and then hustled back to his man.

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Modern basketball is alot of switching and not just on ball screens. Switching everything takes away most actions and with a shot clock alot of times teams don't have enough time to exploit the matchup they want. Generally teams that switch everything either auto double the post or front the post and use backside help on a lob or high low entry.

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The man guarding the ball closed the gap and went over the screen. The man guarding the screener sagged and helped to slow down the man with the ball in case his teammate was not getting over the screen quickly and then hustled back to his man.

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I'm assuming you are describing a ball screen and roll situation. In this example somebody has to tag the roller until the sag guy can recover to him allowing a quick pass to an open guy forcing the defense into rotations which the offense can attack. Switching keeps this from happening all together. The only thing switching makes you vulnerable too is slips but this can be negated by getting under the man you switch to instead up getting up the line.

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This I don't agree with it - we have kids with length and athleticism on the roster that would be great at pressing and trapping. We just don't do it.

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Once again, pressing and trapping have nothing to do with not using a full court press. Our half court defense right now isn't really an issue. And while we could trap more, I don't think this group would be effective at it. Reed, Fountain, and Ward foul entirely too much as it is.

He’s the most ignorant poster I’ve ever seen. Dude is a complete dumb frick.

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Our half court defense right now isn't really an issue.

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Hahahahahaha.

Tell me you dont watch games without telling me you dont watch games.

Again he’s just throwing shite at the wall hoping it sticks. Last years team fouled 19.1 times per game, this years team fouls 16.8 times per game. There’s no fouling problem, he’s just making shite up again because he doesn’t know anything.

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superior athleticism has nothing to do with playing good defense

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"nothing?" is that true in football as well? might as well put in the math team at safety?

well in that case maybe they can coach up parker edwards to block oscar tshiebwe. maybe just open the roster up to the students who are slow and small and not athletic, but try really hard.

wade said that he would or wouldnt press based on his athleticism. like he said he needed a rim protecting goalie big as the last line of defense. and when he had gaines and eason in there, they were so quick and athletic on the press they would close gaps and intercept balls. current roster is not nearly as athletic.