Biggest concern on defense?

[KeepOnRollin]

I would love AK-47 but he is the one of the biggest bargains in the NBA and loyal to the Russian owner he is not going anywhere.

Yep. Wouldn't be surprised if they have a side agreement where the Russian Gazzilionaire gives AK-47 all his harlots or free rain of his house in the off-season. Something along those lines.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Yep. Wouldn't be surprised if they have a side agreement where the Russian Gazzilionaire gives AK-47 all his harlots or free rain of his house in the off-season. Something along those lines.

wouldn't that be illegal?

 

[KeepOnRollin]

wouldn't that be illegal?

Of course it would.

 

[Strenuus]

wouldn't that be illegal?

Because the NBA has done nothing illegal. Ever!

 

[Rhal]

Yep. Wouldn't be surprised if they have a side agreement where the Russian Gazzilionaire gives AK-47 all his harlots or free rain of his house in the off-season. Something along those lines.

He is loaded and doesn't seem to care about money. All his checks from playing in Russia he donated to charities.

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[KeepOnRollin]

He is loaded and doesn't seem to care about money. All his checks from playing in Russia he donated to charities.

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Which is why I think he went with the Nets. He could have made a lot more anywhere else but specifically wanted to play for the Russian.

Saying the owner is offering some perks, not that AK needs or wants the perks.

 

[HailBlazers]

Sounds as if the Blazers are incorporating some zone

Practice Report - Defensive Focus

January 13, 2014 - During a rare spell of off days the Trail Blazers have time to focus intently on studying tape and improving their defense.

 

[blazerboy30]

I still think it is largely a scheme problem and not purely a personnel problem. I maintain that we need to change the scheme for defending the pick-n-roll.

 

[HailBlazers]

I maintain that we need to change the scheme for defending the pick-n-roll.

What do you propose?

 

[blazerboy30]

What do you propose?

I posted this earlier in the thread:

We need to be better about showing different looks on the pick-and-roll defense. And those adjustments need to be based on who we are defending. There is no reason to have the defending guard go over the pick EVERY TIME and never hedge with the big man. If we are playing against a guard that isn't known for the deep ball, we should try going under the pick sometimes.

It gets very frustrating watching our guard trailing the play EVERY time because he goes over the pick with no big man jumping out. It turns into a 2-on-1 situation almost every time.

I understand that Stotts uses the 3-pointer as a statistical weapon and doesn't want to give the other team that weapon, but we need to be aware of who we're playing and understand that not every guard is going to light it up if we go under the pick.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I think our strategy on the pick and roll (while not perfect) is much better then it used to be under McMillan where we would switch (or attempt to switch) EVERY time no matter what.

 

[blazerboy30]

I think our strategy on the pick and roll (while not perfect) is much better then it used to be under McMillan where we would switch (or attempt to switch) EVERY time no matter what.

I'm not sure I agree.

At least with McMilan's system we had one-on-one situations, even though it resulted in a mismatch. In the current scheme, we end up with a 2-on-1 scenario, with our PG trailing the play, almost every time.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I'm not sure I agree.

At least with McMilan's system we had one-on-one situations, even though it resulted in a mismatch. In the current scheme, we end up with a 2-on-1 scenario, with our PG trailing the play, almost every time.

Maybe it is just me but I don't see near as many baskets given up with our current pick and role defense compared to years past.

 

[cmeese47]

I have to agree with Blazerboy stop going over or through picks 30 feet from the hoop and stop doing it at all on guys like Rubio.

 

[HailBlazers]

I have to agree with Blazerboy stop going over or through picks 30 feet from the hoop and stop doing it at all on guys like Rubio.

Word, we need to mix it up for sure.

 

[blue9]

Yeah - a good defense will never rely on one method for defending P/Rs. Nate's "switch everything" was fucking terrible - the opposition knew that they could get LMA guarding their PG out on the 3-point line any time they wanted, and they did it pretty near every possession. But Stotts' "fight over everything" is just as bad because the opposition knows that Lillard can't fight over the screen AND stay in front of the ball, which means there's a huge opening to our always-unprotected rim.
Even when we're facing guys like Curry you've got to go under the screen on occasion so they don't know 100% of the time what they're going to get. Also, why is JJ Hickson the only big in the past decade who has been able to jump the pick and then recover to his own man? Generally that is the most effective way to guard the P/R, but he's the only guy we've had in recent memory who has actually been successful at it.

 

[cmeese47]

Yeah - a good defense will never rely on one method for defending P/Rs. Nate's "switch everything" was fucking terrible - the opposition knew that they could get LMA guarding their PG out on the 3-point line any time they wanted, and they did it pretty near every possession. But Stotts' "fight over everything" is just as bad because the opposition knows that Lillard can't fight over the screen AND stay in front of the ball, which means there's a huge opening to our always-unprotected rim.
Even when we're facing guys like Curry you've got to go under the screen on occasion so they don't know 100% of the time what they're going to get. Also, why is JJ Hickson the only big in the past decade who has been able to jump the pick and then recover to his own man? Generally that is the most effective way to guard the P/R, but he's the only guy we've had in recent memory who has actually been successful at it.

That might have been the only thing JJ was ever successful on defensively