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[Reilly35]

'Harder Than Man': Why the NBA Fell in Love with Zone Defense This Year

NBA defense is a most futile effort. Maximized by spacing, enhanced by analytics and bolstered by rule changes, offensive talent in today's league is almost too potent to stop...

bleacherreport.com

 

[pwong]

Something I've been thinking about lately, with the NBA falling more in love with the zone (even in small spurts), I wonder if we can use that as somewhat of a recruiting pitch to dispel the whole Syracuse players don't do well in NBA because they play zone.

 

[Col. Bleep]

This just proves one thing that everyone already knew anyway: Jim Boeheim was 40-plus years ahead of his time.