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[QUOTE="UnderHisOwnPower, post: 1316738, member: 1205"]
And see, the above underlined truth is the clincher for me as to why a good zone is harder than M2M.  Learning to play an effective zone takes hours of practice and game time, it is a team defense.  Whereas the basic principles of man are stick to your guy, keep yourself between he and the basket, call out switches if you can't fight through a pick.  That can be taught as a player enters the gym and is why M2M is the default defense for most teams and what we first learn on the playground.  You can teach good positioning in either M2M or zone of course, but the best M2M defenders have a natural ability and attitude that the flat footed or slower players can never compensate for.  Put that same marginal M2M defender in a zone and teach him assignment responsibilities, and now he is a functional defender in a great team concept.  In other words, no amount of practice will teach Trevor to be a good M2M defender, but he can thrive in a zone, and that is the alchemy I think JB appreciates, but it is not easy to do.
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