Correct me if im wrong because i rarely watch nba but that is why the nba allows the zone- Many man2man teams, basically mid possession morph into a zone or quasi zone. It was too difficult or subjective to define what exactly crossed the line from man2man to quasi zone. Ie it was too difficult for the refs to call an illegal defense? I dont think they will ever be able to effectively outlaw a zone. I admit a zone can bog a game down (mostly because the other team is too inept to attack it (which is not the zones fault)) but at the same time one of the most enjoyable things for me to watch is changing defenses, ie man2man, 23, 32, matchup zone, box and 1, triangle and 2, etc. i love that stuff and think its great for great coaching strategy. Of course it doesnt surprise me that SASmith disagrees w me, if it were up to him, Lebron would be the commissioner of all of basketball
Well but hes probably right about the shot clock. Theres too much stalling and clock management going on imo. Not to mention selfishly a shorter shotclock should help SUs zone. If a team struggles to figure out how attack it in 35 secs, they are really screwed at 25 secs
You made an astounding leap in logic there.
I wish i could give you 3-4 likes for this
It really is pretty simple. If the game was officiated properly (it's clear that coaches and players need to be treated like children. The refs should call everything. Oh, you think if we foul every possession we can't call it? :whistle: :whistle: whistle: Are you done yet? No? OK. :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: The other team is in the bonus next foul you commit, do you understand what's happening now? Still no? :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: OK, guys, we're 3 minutes in to this game and your opponent is in the double bonus. Is this how you want to play? Coach, I'm only going to remind you once that coaches are not allowed on the floor) it would solve a lot of ills. I wouldn't say a shot clock change is a bonus though. I think that does need to change.
I agree w you and i really saw the problem in our win over ND. So we had a 5-7 pt lead or whatever against ND w like 1-6 mins to go. So it took us 5 secs to get over midcourt, then JB took at air out of the ball w G from the 30 sec mark to the 10 sec mark. Now strategically it was smart by JB but Its just a waste of time and kind of painful to watch for me, i mean its just 20 seconds of nothingness
To me the guys that are hurting college ball are guys like JDixon and Buzz (even tho theres much i like about Buzz) ; BStevens was the same way. They have their players just assault guys like Rak. I remember literally Buzz would have his kids try to cave in Keitas knees from behind. This crap would never fly in the nba because you cant touch someones superstars. My guess is Brad Stevens will struggle in the nba
Yup. 3 timeouts per half instead of 5.
