But I thought this was interesting. It from calipari in the context of playing his son for the injured d. Fox.
"And I would tell you that if I have to play Brad, we're going to play some more zone. All you guys out there, you basketball bennies, saying 'he never plays zone.' I played some zone today, how did it look? Three, three, basket. OK. Now you know why I don't play zone"
It's true that zone can mask poor defenders a bit but if someone isn't athletic enough to play man, they will probably be weak in a zone against good teams anyway. Good teams destroy zones.
The only time I even think zone is when the deep backup team of cline, mathias, spike, haas and usually v. Edwards is playing, but i dont think playing passive would be helpful. That lineup terrifies me of an 8-0 opponent run. I hope that lineup does not exist in march.
"And I would tell you that if I have to play Brad, we're going to play some more zone. All you guys out there, you basketball bennies, saying 'he never plays zone.' I played some zone today, how did it look? Three, three, basket. OK. Now you know why I don't play zone"
It's true that zone can mask poor defenders a bit but if someone isn't athletic enough to play man, they will probably be weak in a zone against good teams anyway. Good teams destroy zones.
The only time I even think zone is when the deep backup team of cline, mathias, spike, haas and usually v. Edwards is playing, but i dont think playing passive would be helpful. That lineup terrifies me of an 8-0 opponent run. I hope that lineup does not exist in march.
