Hoops

Should zone defense be banned?

Haha, so because one team struggled against a zone in one game, it has to be banned??? OK

Yep every Dazz post is garbage

Have to agree with Dazz,waste of time thread.
How do Anonholes get the right to start threads anyway?

You Joey haters, forget he's missing two starters! In an already young team where your knockdown shooter, Drmic look like a DP. Take out Ogilvy and rotnei and see what happens, zone or not! They lack depth, not coaching.

Dazz, I don't know why you bother wasting the keyboard strokes, you're a first class troll and hater. No contructive points to your arguments, just grade school insults.

I agree with all the posters suggesting the issue is with coaching. Good coaches nd players know that ball movement and player movement off the ball is what beats zone defence. Good ball and player movement opens lanes, and provides for open looks for shooters.

Joey can't coach, so his only resort is to wave his arms at the refs and cry like a baby when opposition coaches confound his perfect offensive system by shutting Randle down.

"Edward"
Simple solution: ref calls out players getting into zone and the first player he calls out can't move, but may pivot or rotate. "

You might be onto something there. DJ would be a specialist.

Man defence played well is much harder to beat than zone defence played well, at high levels. We all know this, this is why all our teams play man as their staple defence. If Zone D is giving the NBL teams trouble then this is a major failing of the offensive coaching. Watching a team tear apart a zone D is highly entertaining, and done well, you don't see it for long because the Zone is pulled quick smart. The rules shouldn't be changed to overcome coaching failings. The question is should the rules be changed to orient the game more towards 1 on 1 contests (which is why the NBA has defensive 3 seconds). My view is "no" - it is supposed to be a team game; if they want entertainment based on 1 on 1 contests then create a basketball equivalent of 20-20 cricket.

"There are rules to favour the offence attacking the basket, 8/10 charges in NBL are probably blocks."

This.

"No, just ban useless coaches who can't prepare their team to play against one"

And this.

Yep, gets my vote for stupidest thread of the year.
Just another Adelaide fan butthurt because their team sucks.

How about you hire a coach that doesn't suffer from a Napoleon complex, and knows how to coach adult basketball. Then try hiring more than one decent player.

Simple fact is that the more threatened a team is, the more they will concentrate on shutting down Randle. It probably should happen more than it does.

Hard to dunk it when you're on the bench

"No, just ban useless coaches who can't prepare their team to play against one"

AGREED

Agree that we need to clear the driving lanes. Ferguson was supposed to be the best dunker we've seen yet I barely remember any opportunities he's had to dunk

Simple solution: ref calls out players getting into zone and the first player he calls out can't move, but may pivot or rotate. Here's the catch: he can't move until his team scores the next basket. This would sort out illegal defence quick smart let me tell you.

Just bring in defensive 3 seconds, problem solved.

No, just ban useless coaches who can't prepare their team to play against one

Do you really think NBL refs could call illegal defense?

You want the stars to be able to shine. Last week we were all talking about how breathtaking randle was this week he couldn't get involved and he had to keep passing to the wing where teys had to take shots. Sorry no one is turning on the telly to see teys they want to randle break his man down and be unstoppable

Portland Trailblazers centre Greg Oden will miss the remainder of the season, due to the need for microfracture surgery on his knee.
The news was announced in a press conference today by Portland Trailblazers staff.
I would provide links etc. but I'm posting this from my phone