Tical21
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There are 19 hockey threads and 2 JV basketball threads in this forum and no threads dedicated to the most fun season of local, non-JV college basketball this area has had in a long time. It is time for the Dawgs to have their own thread.
Tough loss to USC today. Just couldn't come close to getting any consistent stops. I'm done with this switching every screen BS too. Not wanting to take the time to teach how to play proper screen defense is not an excuse for allowing teams to get their big men on our undersized guards anytime they feel like it. There are 6 ways to defend a ball-screen, and switching every single one is not the answer. I have literally never in my life seen any other team try to do this, primarily because it is completely idiotic. USC's average-at-best big man scored layups at will against us all day long, and if you watch the highlights, you won't see any of our bigs in any of the videos. Andrew Andrews and David Crisp spent all day in the paint defending bigs while our bigs tried to keep up with their quick guards on the perimeter. Then, if they happen to miss their easy shot, they still have a bunch of bigs rebounding under the basket against our guards. It's time to spend some practices on learning how to play pick and roll defense. Okay, rant over.
Still am having more fun watching this team than I have in years. I wasn't a Dejonte Murray fan for the first handful of weeks of the season, but geez that kid is something else. He's going to be a NBA All-Star.
Best part of the whole thing....Rainier Beach, Rainier Beach, Timberline, Eastside Catholic, Hazen.
Tough loss to USC today. Just couldn't come close to getting any consistent stops. I'm done with this switching every screen BS too. Not wanting to take the time to teach how to play proper screen defense is not an excuse for allowing teams to get their big men on our undersized guards anytime they feel like it. There are 6 ways to defend a ball-screen, and switching every single one is not the answer. I have literally never in my life seen any other team try to do this, primarily because it is completely idiotic. USC's average-at-best big man scored layups at will against us all day long, and if you watch the highlights, you won't see any of our bigs in any of the videos. Andrew Andrews and David Crisp spent all day in the paint defending bigs while our bigs tried to keep up with their quick guards on the perimeter. Then, if they happen to miss their easy shot, they still have a bunch of bigs rebounding under the basket against our guards. It's time to spend some practices on learning how to play pick and roll defense. Okay, rant over.
Still am having more fun watching this team than I have in years. I wasn't a Dejonte Murray fan for the first handful of weeks of the season, but geez that kid is something else. He's going to be a NBA All-Star.
Best part of the whole thing....Rainier Beach, Rainier Beach, Timberline, Eastside Catholic, Hazen.