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[QUOTE="General20, post: 3621557, member: 724"]
Sure. The press that Pitino/Bryant played is actually a lot different than the press we do.  I'll TRY to keep this short and sweet (though we all know that's not my specialty).

When we press we go for the home run.  We trap whoever receives the inbounds pass then hit the passing lanes hard hoping to intercept the ball.  Its really hard to get out of that initial trap (especially if all you did was prepare for the zone) but if you escape the initial trap you are heading towards our basket with a numbers advantage.  Our press is a blitzkrieg designed to surprise the opponent and get us a few easy points off turnovers.  Its not meant to be played for extended periods of time.

The Pitino press is a zone press designed to keep its shape and never allow the offense to obtain a numbers advantage going towards the basket, therefore you can play it all game long if you want to.  If you screw up they will gladly pounce on it and take the turnover, but unlike our press a turnover isn't the only objective of this zone.  They are also happy to simply slow you down and make it hard for you to get across half court that way you have less time to set up your offense to attack their zone.
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