I hope we pressure the ball coming up the court and don't just sag off....... i say full court trap high school style. With the lack of talent, we need to get as many easy buckets as possible.
Agreed, this team can't rely on talent to win games. Blazers will have to outwork and fight for every point and win.
No switches? and what if an opponent player sets a pick? you don't switch? In my opinion, the best, most effective defense is zone. Saying No switches is unrealistic and if you just ask players to never stop running on defense they may not have energy on offense. I prefer zone anyway and don't see what's so bad about switching. The big guys guard inside and the smaller players guard the perimeter, that's how it is anyway. Guys like Durant or Dirk are difficult to handle anyway.
I would wager to say that we switched more than go underneath. How many times did we see LA at the top of the key guarding a PG? Teams tried to do this to us almost all the time. Especially in crunch time. My point is that certain guards we should not fight over. Certain guards we should not hedge and the big man should open up. Again this depends on which PG we are playing against. If it's Nash, you have to pick your poison.
