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Message: [QUOTE="DomeHolmes, post: 5375229, member: 10113"] Just about every guard and wing on our team plays poor defense. Taylor is supposed to be our “lockdown defender” and he’s not that good either. A lot of these guys wouldn’t look so bad if Eddie would step up and challenge shots just inside the foul line, (where our whole team gets abused), but he is not that mobile, and not a rim protector, and seems to choose not to do it, perhaps to stay out of foul trouble, or because it’s not instinctual for him. getting beat off the dribble is something that happens to everyone in basketball. Basketball defense is a team game as you said, and when you get beat to the middle of the court, the center steps up and the wings pinch, and you force the driver to prove he can kick it out to their wing (where there can be an errant pass or missed shot) to beat you. We almost never do that, which leads to easy 10 footers. It’s a team defense issue as much as a JJ issue. [/QUOTE]