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[QUOTE="007, post: 4554292, member: 393"]
The bolded statements above is THE issue with the zone vs man debate for JB. From the horse's mouth: it takes a lot more practice time to be really good at M2M defense. It is not that JB's zone is so complex that it takes players years to understand the rotations and get really good at it, even though it does take time. JB believes that he can optimize his defense by devoting practice time to zone defense exclusively. By doing this, JB believes that there will be more practice time available to devote to offense and other stuff.

He is absolutely right when he says "you can't just try it (man)...you have to practice it over and over again." Teaching and coaching man defense, to be good enough at this level anyway, means that you have to devote more practice time to it. You can't just "try" man defense. You have to dedicate practice time. And that is not a trade off that JB is willing to make.

To me, this has never been about the players or whether or not they have the talent to be good M2M defenders. It is about a deliberate decision by JB to structure his practice this way.
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