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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1736384, member: 837"]
I agree with this -- especially on the Dome -- to a large extent but the one thing I can't quite figure out is why playing zone for a year or two seems to make guys awful defenders on the NBA level. These kids are, for all intents and purposes, professional basketball players before they ever get to the hill for the most part -- high school basketball factories, aau, year-round play, etc. -- and presumably they are playing M2M the vast majority of that time.

Add to that the fact that you still have to play defense in the zone -- it's certainly not just standing around -- and the fact that a good chunk of defense is effort and attentiveness, and I struggle to figure out what happens that makes kids such awful M2M defenders at the next level.

My theory is that, while the zone gets dinged for it, it has more to do with the type of player JB loves -- long, lean. Those don't seem to hit as often at the NBA level where explosiveness seems to reign. Guys like Wallace and Hak were awesome college players but aren't super quick.

Anyway, just kind of strange, IMO.
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