Stoudemire won't be traded to the Cavs, but this thread is still very lulzworthy.

[Argath]

First of all, I asked you the questions first C0MMUN1TY C0LL3G3



Second of all I did quote you stupid fucking cunt.

[Argath]

Your an idiot. Shaq essentially cancels out or does better than every big man he faces. Including Dwight.

You just stated Shaq cancels out any big man he faces. That means you believe he is better than all other big men I.E. the best

[NAHSTE]

I also could have said had a kept playing I had more potential then MJ....Ah...I suck at life.

To paraphrase Harvey Dent, "you either quit as the next Michael Jordan or play long enough to realize you suck"

[ralaw]

To paraphrase Harvey Dent, "you either quit as the next Michael Jordan or play long enough to realize you suck"

I like the quote, but I'm actually good at basketball.
As a matter of fact if VSN had a basketball tournament I'd be the #2 seed behind BUCK3YE5 (if he chose to play).

[Argath]

Blow me. You are probably the most unathletic kid here. Oh wait....thats faggot. And I'd be a starter this year if I wanted to be....but my HS is a joke.

I played basketball. Want proof?




I'm the scrawny white kid in the back middle next to the mutombo african chief leader with the fro. We set the state record for worst start to a program (1-71) over a course of 3 years lulz.

I now coach basketball. Want proof again?



7th grade travel league. Unfortunately, picture day was also a day we got 20" of snow here in Northern VA so most of my team couldn't make it.



I want to see your proof. Everyteam has a team picture taken. I don't believe for a second you have ever played a game.


Oh, and because I answered your question earlier, please feel free to answer my basic questions. Really shouldn't be hard to answer since you 'know more about the sport than myself.'

[Nash]

since buckeyes wont answer, I will

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Tell me, what is the best way to defeat a 2-3 zone?

 

There are two main ways: hitting the high post or short corner. Since it is a two man front defense, you would play a 3 guard offense. Also, you want to have a high low action from your big men.

If you hit the high post, the player immediately needs to square up and get strong (elbows out) and the first read is the open jumper. The second read is the post player on the block. He needs to seal the post defender and the high post player should give a lob pass to the block. Third look is the three to the wing. You want your wings to find a spot to shoot a three. The defense will collapse to the high post leaving the wings open.

The other option is hitting the short corner. If the ball goes to the wing, you want the low post player to take a step off the block and into the corner. He should be open 90% of the time. When he recieves it, this forces the lower part of the 2-3 to play the ball. The goal is to get the high post player to cut straight down the lane ball side and seal the center. He will have a 1 on 1 opportunity to do a post move.

You have one player just absolutely killing your team, what is the best way to neutralize this player?

 

This is preference based really. You could go with a man to man with players over helping or a box and one.

With the man to man, you would have it set up where when the player has the ball. All the off ball defenders will sag off their man to close off the driving lanes. This will force the player to pass the ball to his teammates or shoot a contested jumper.

With the box and one, you would play 4 guys in a simple box zone defense with the 5th player face guarding the other teams players and playing a hard man to man defense. This creates a constant double team on the star player and is an unconventional defense that can disrupt an offense.

When should you run a zone defense, when should you run a man-to-man defense.

 

It really depends on the other teams offense. If they are strong outside shooting, you play man. If they have good bigs, you play zone.

Also, the type of offense they run will affect your defense. If the offense is using a lot of picks and screens I would run a zone. If they are using motion and cuts to score then a man to man would work.

if you can't tell, I want to become a basketball coach when I get older :rockwoot:

[NAHSTE]

I like the quote, but I'm actually good at basketball.
As a matter of fact if VSN had a basketball tournament I'd be the #2 seed behind BUCK3YE5 (if he chose to play).

He's the best shooter in his C0mmun1ty. But you would be in my starting 5 with Berowsk at C, Woy at SF(unless he's lying to impress BUCK3YE5) and J Live at the point (just so his friend Josh Pastner would coach us).

I'd play the "power guard" spot (ie a 5'11 guy with a power forward's game), and you could play the 2. I guess we could let BUCK3YE5 be our ace perimeter shooter off the bench, he did play JV basketball after all.

[ralaw]

He's the best shooter in his C0mmun1ty. But you would be in my starting 5 with Berowsk at C, Woy at SF(unless he's lying to impress BUCK3YE5) and J Live at the point (just so his friend Josh Pastner would coach us).

I'd play the "power guard" spot (ie a 5'11 guy with a power forward's game), and you could play the 2. I guess we could let BUCK3YE5 be our ace perimeter shooter off the bench, he did play JV basketball after all.

As long as we didn't run I think hed be down, because who runs in basketball anways?

[Woy]

He's the best shooter in his C0mmun1ty. But you would be in my starting 5 with Berowsk (big man), Woy (unless he's lying to impress BUCK3YE5) and J Live (so Josh Pastner would coach us).

I'd play the "power guard" spot (ie a 5'11 guy with a power forward's game) I guess we could let BUCK3YE5 be our ace perimeter shooter, he did play JV basketball after all.

In the back with one finger raised. That was just our senior group.

Anyways, I'm playing inter-murals right now in the second most competitive league. So I could definitely run with you guys.

[Argath]

since buckeyes wont answer, I will

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Tell me, what is the best way to defeat a 2-3 zone?

 

There are two main ways: hitting the high post or short corner. Since it is a two man front defense, you would play a 3 guard offense. Also, you want to have a high low action from your big men.

If you hit the high post, the player immediately needs to square up and get strong (elbows out) and the first read is the open jumper. The second read is the post player on the block. He needs to seal the post defender and the high post player should give a lob pass to the block. Third look is the three to the wing. You want your wings to find a spot to shoot a three. The defense will collapse to the high post leaving the wings open.

The other option is hitting the short corner. If the ball goes to the wing, you want the low post player to take a step off the block and into the corner. He should be open 90% of the time. When he recieves it, this forces the lower part of the 2-3 to play the ball. The goal is to get the high post player to cut straight down the lane ball side and seal the center. He will have a 1 on 1 opportunity to do a post move.

You have one player just absolutely killing your team, what is the best way to neutralize this player?

 

This is preference based really. You could go with a man to man with players over helping or a box and one.

With the man to man, you would have it set up where when the player has the ball. All the off ball defenders will sag off their man to close off the driving lanes. This will force the player to pass the ball to his teammates or shoot a contested jumper.

With the box and one, you would play 4 guys in a simple box zone defense with the 5th player face guarding the other teams players and playing a hard man to man defense. This creates a constant double team on the star player and is an unconventional defense that can disrupt an offense.

When should you run a zone defense, when should you run a man-to-man defense.

 

It really depends on the other teams offense. If they are strong outside shooting, you play man. If they have good bigs, you play zone.

Also, the type of offense they run will affect your defense. If the offense is using a lot of picks and screens I would run a zone. If they are using motion and cuts to score then a man to man would work.

if you can't tell, I want to become a basketball coach when I get older :rockwoot:

Those are the exact answers I was lookin for, too bad buckeyes is just going to claim he would have answered the same way.

To correct a mistake you made in the last one though, it's not just if the other team has bigs. A zone is also very effective at stopping penetration, so if you have a team with a lot of slashing type guards, you would want to run more of a zone defense against them.

Really a zone defense should only be employed when the other team struggles shooting the ball. If the other team has bigs and a shooter, i'd still go man and play the sag defense that you were talking about.

[SuperKevin]

Since this thread has become the basketball achievements thread I figure I'd let everyone know in my first game in the starting lineup I scored 17 points on 6-10 shooting(5-9 from 3) last night. Kuzzy likes it when I post my stats.

[NAHSTE]

As long as we didn't run I think hed be down, because who runs in basketball anways?

Other than Tim Thomas and Rasheed Wallace, everyone.

[ralaw]

since buckeyes wont answer, I will

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You have one player just absolutely killing your team, what is the best way to neutralize this player?

 

This is preference based really. You could go with a man to man with players over helping or a box and one.

With the man to man, you would have it set up where when the player has the ball. All the off ball defenders will sag off their man to close off the driving lanes. This will force the player to pass the ball to his teammates or shoot a contested jumper.

With the box and one, you would play 4 guys in a simple box zone defense with the 5th player face guarding the other teams players and playing a hard man to man defense. This creates a constant double team on the star player and is an unconventional defense that can disrupt an offense.

What if the player is a post player?

[Nash]

I played point guard on my varsity team but AAU is where its at. I played on the Georgia Tarheels which is a pretty good AAU team in Georgia.

I am the skinniest point guard ever lol



The navy blue team is Georgia Bruins who finished 8th in state. We finished

[Argath]

What if the player is a post player?

box and 1 IMO is the best way to neutralize any 1 player. It basically takes the player out of the game on offense if run right.

But man to man sag help works well in this situation as well. Double down on the ball unless your man is a specified shooter.