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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2434861, member: 289"] Let me throw this theory into the fire: When we dazzled college basketball with our fast break in the late 80's, our guards were 6-0 Sherman Douglas and 6-2 Stevie Thompson, both quick and athletic. Now that we are playing zone exclusively, JB wants guards who are 6-4 to 6-6 to make the zone more effective. But those guys aren't as quick. They also haven't been natural point guards since Ennis, (whose game was to slow it down and avoid turnovers anyway). So he gets tall guards for the zone but sacrifices the fast break. But there's always a fly in the ointment. Our best fast breaking team of recent years was 2012, a team with a big lumbering center and three years after he'd gone all zone. The backcourt was 6-1 Scoop Jardine but also 6-4 Brandon Triche and 6-4 Dion Waiters. [/QUOTE]