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[QUOTE="Dave85, post: 1807077, member: 3946"]
I think the first two could be argued either way.   You always need good rebounding.  It's hard to say if there's any real big difference between zone and M2M with rebounding.  Players who are good rebounders will rebound regardless of where they are on the court.

I'm not sure I agree with ability to dictate tempo.  The other team has a lot to do with how tempo is dictated.  I think we all agree zone slows down the other team and forces them to make shots they are not interested in making.

The third one is the one I find most interesting.   What you say is absolutely true.  But, let's flip it around.  Playing zone allows the Orange to beat teams having greater athleticism.  So the question then becomes if you play zone against the lesser teams you will have a better zone when playing better teams.  So play zone 100% of the time means you end up with a better defense for when you play teams with better athleticism.

I think the better argument for playing M2M is when the opposing team is killing us with motion offense and we need to do something to get them off balance.  Press the whole court which means M2M at some point.   But at this point I've just giving up on this idea because JB isn't going to change.
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