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[QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 2969206, member: 6979"]
you're right...that's why "freshman guard" was apropos and not just "Buddy" at the top of the defense being the problem. carey was bad too in the zone defense.

almost the whole team seemed to not know how to rotate in the zone which makes zero sense to me ...even dolzaj and brissett were making bad reads/giving up easy buckets...sooo many wide open 3s/layups...

the players are not playing freely...they don't know what to do or where to go sometimes...WHICH IS THE POINT OF STICKING TO ONE DEFENSE...that way you know it SO WELL that it is a well-oiled machine...

in this game it was like they were trying it anew...really odd.

low BBALL IQ?

the thing that makes me think it is indeed the scheme and not the players...is that they have very high metrics in blocks and steals...that shows they have awareness and defensive acumen...and leads me to beleive they just don't fully grasp the complexities of what they are supposed to do on the court...superior athletes are being straitjacketed by the scheme that allows opponents to score in ways they couldnt if the mental breakdowns didnt let them...SOOO MANY TIMES this season...an opponent would somehow slither out of a bad situation and into an easy score etc...it happens too frequently...opponents FEASTED on mental breakdowns prolifically this year...which to me is damning of the defensive scheme. period.

sooo...SIMPLIFY it for these guys if they dont get it...scheme for them and who they are...instead of forcing them into a scheme they do not fit.

Jalen Carey strikes me as the type who could be a monster lock down 1 on 1 defender - put him in  mason's grill, i doubt he did what he did in that game.
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