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[QUOTE="kuethstheman, post: 1364326, member: 480"]
I'm Not sure JB's way is the right way but I definitely don't buy the usual complaint about zones, that they give up too many threes. I see a lot of sharpshooters building their reputation against m2m (see G. McNamara, national title game, 2003). It comes down to how much the defense needs to help. M2m or zone, if you sag into the lane, you give up spot-up threes. In M2m if you want to "impose your will", you need a lock-down defender on every one of the other team's scorers. Great strategy but to beat the best teams, you have to have Excellent defenders at every position (or hope they miss when you help). It's about the talent.

I used to hate the zone. I thought it wasn't possible for it to be a weapon. Then for a few years it was. A huge weapon. My only remaining complaint is that most years, it's not that great so maybe it's too hard to play, even when you go overboard recruiting for it.  Even so, there's no reason to think that with the talent we've been getting, we'd be any better playing m2m.
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