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[QUOTE="Ghost, post: 3294186, member: 581"]
This debate is more fun than debating Buddy!

I wouldn't call that a double team at all.

I wouldn't even term it a trap.

Buddy does a good job getting rid of the ball before that option even presents itself.  It's a broken defense.

Play starts:

- Nobody is guarding him.  Not usually the best strategy on someone you double with purpose.

- Eli has the ball wing extended.  Throws the smart pass to Buddy in the corner, because Buddy can shoot the lights out.

- Defender who was on Eli, shifts down because Buddy is a shooter and they're likely instructed not to give him open looks.  [B]He has to do this - has to.  [/B]This likely has nothing to do with a double team, you have an [B]unguarded[/B] 40% shooter.

- Baseline guy, who was nowhere near Buddy, closes out hard and ends up on our bench.

This would be akin to saying our Center closing out on a corner three, while Buddy rotates down, due to some bad rotation previously, are now going to "double" the player in the corner.  It's not even a trap IMO.  Just bad defense with a helter-skelter attempt at recovery.

A trap has some strategy to it, but oft occurs by happenstance as well.  A double team is a concerted plan.
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