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[QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 1987229, member: 906"]
I don't know a lot about basketball however imo center in the zone gives a chance for non scoring centers and non nba centers to really showcase.

Where in man to man centers have to follow their man around a good center in our 2-3 zone, a center who can extend, recover baseline, and contest a little bit in the high post like a Keita is a diamond in the rough. when we don't have that teams start knocking midrange jumpers then our guards are forced to guard the perimeter and high post and the entry pass which leaves the kickout open for three more. Cooney and Gbinije had to do the latter and did a awesome job doing so hopeful battle and Howard can learn this.

On top of this then your guards don't have to cheat back as much. Maybe this is a big reason why triche and mcw backcourt was so dominant defensively with Rak and Keita behind them. This is why chuckwu isn't playing. Even if he sits back just outside the circle, you can't risk giving up that momentum of the high post opening up kickbacks and high low passing. A center in man to man doesn't have those responsibilities to be such a difference maker on the court, and this is where a 2-3 zone center like Keita can really show his stuff and look like a star and a slower 7'1 guy a dud.

Mediocre Defensive centers that move well can really showcase their selves in the zone, where good defensive blockers like Chuckwu who don't move well have a tough time. Getting a offensive center with a good mobile defensive center year in and out is a tough challenge, but imo Keita is the prototypical model of what I love at defensive center.
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