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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1821273, member: 40"]
You're focused on the wrong aspect of what he was suggesting, I think.  If we force a turnover or if we force a shot clock violation, both are stops.  But the former leads to a fast break / potential easy scoring opportunity in transition, while the other leads to inbounding the ball with no other advantage gained.

The 2012 team was masterful at forcing turnovers, and we had the depth to rotate guys in and out of the game, so the entire team ran hard.  And then when the opposition began to tire, into the game came Dion Waiters [who was "better" than both of our starters and arguably the best player on the floor most of the time] and CJ Fair--two guys who could hit double digits, coming off of the bench.  That team used its depth to force a ton of turnovers and capitalize in transition, which helped offset our lack of low post scoring that year.

Instead of allowing teams to shorten the game by milking every shot clock for 30 seconds, we're better off trying to force the action and create turnovers.  And even if we gamble and get beat, then we have the safety valve of a 7-2 shotblocker manning the interior to help negate attempts.
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