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[QUOTE="007, post: 3688106, member: 393"]
Fun exercise for fans, but with the understanding that the "fixes" have no basis in the "reality" that is JB's decision making, his 45 year of experience, and his knowledge of his team. So here goes..

If THE fatal flaw is interior defense and defensive rebounding (I believe that it is), AND there are truly "no options at the 5, then there are only certain options left:

1. Make it as difficult as possible to make entry passes into the interior
1b. Put your best defensive rebounding team on the floor even at the expense of offense
2. Limit the amount of time spent defending in straight up half court situations.

Possible options to accomplish the above:

1. Play the players with the most length and quickness relative to the player's ability to be effective at the position. For example, can't play Marek at the top of the zone, Edwards at the wing, and so on.
1b. Play the player's from that pool identified above with the best defensive rebounding numbers per minutes played.
2. PRESS (full, ¾, soft 2-2-1) and TRAP aggressively in the half court.

I would guess that means playing 4 forwards and the best PG with length (Kadary bias here)

From what I think I "know" - Kadary, Woody at top, with Q, Braswell and Marek (whoever is the physically strongest of those 3 "plays" the 5). Use situation specific sub combinations.
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