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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5450280, member: 405"]
OK, one more time.  It's not the WHOLE strategy.  It's not the PRIMARY strategy.
It's a tool that every successful team has in the locker.

Just like every team should have a couple low post defenders who can protect the rim.  Every team should have at least 2 or 3 capable 3 point shooters.  Every team should have a secondary ball handler who can beat a press and set up his teammates for easier shots.

Every team should have a guy you can throw the ball to in the low post. It's not debatable. There are games every season, for every team, where they just aren't making their 3 point shots.

If you don't have enough shooters, defenders sag off a couple steps to take away the drive.  What do you do when that happens?

Our offense only revived late last season when (1) Eddie was commanding double teams in the low post, (2) which opened up 3 point shooting for Chris Bell, who came back pretty well at the end of the season, (3) which then opened up the driving lanes for JJ.

Just like you don't shoot 3's on every possession, or you don't press on every possession, you won't throw it to the low post on every possession, either.

But if you don't have it as an option, you don't have a way to slow down another team's run.  You can get run out of the gym, if you can't slow the game down and get to the line, or get a high probably shot in the low block.
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