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[QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 5236883, member: 60"]
This team can't play zone. Especially if it's split time with man to man as well. I get where you are trying to get to, and I don't wholly disagree with it, but that lineup would be bad at zone. JJ and Bell might be as bad up top as Buddy and JGIII. Also, Lampkin cannot be in a 2-3 zone at center. He just doesn't have the instincts, explosiveness or acceleration.

If you want to adjust on D, my guy-on-the-internet recommendation would be to adjust the man to man to be the pack line D.

It won't make us a good defensive team and there would be games we would be shot out of the gym, but at least it would help protect Eddie's lack of rim protection and our guards since they are basically in cement shoes as guys go by them. I think it would be closer to accomplishing what I *think* you want as an end result and wouldn't inject a fully new way of D into practice time like the zone would.

Just my 0.02. Again, I'm aligned with your end goal, but I don't think zone in the half court is the answer.

To be clear, I don't think this team can play *any* defense well.
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