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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 5006308, member: 837"]
More movement helps with offensive rebounding too. Might not make us the best offensive rebounding team on the planet, but far tougher to box out a player who's moving than a player who's watching.

Generally speaking, we still need some adjustments to the roster. No question. But the approach on both ends of the floor has to be more defined. Defensively, in particular, you see very, very few teams play as straight up as we did. If you're a bit light down low, you rarely see teams watch a guy like Taylor play straight up while his man dribbles four or five times and backs him down. Same with Brown to be honest.

Same on the perimeter. Was watching Knicks/Sixers tonight and as good as the Knicks are defensively, it's not straight man. Any time a Sixers player was dribbling there was at least one Knicks defender shading his direction and, if they drove, there were several players swiping at the ball. There wasn't one possession in the half court that a Knicks guard was chasing a player behind a screen from behind.

It's delicate because you don't want to overcommit in terms of help, but even good defenders are going to get beat by talented offensive players. We are going to have a very difficult time playing strictly straight up with switches. Have to be more malleable and flexible on that end.
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