Defense

[WestCoastHawk]

How did Fran not make an adjustment to get our players back immediately after a shot was put up when they were killing us on the fast break.?

 

[GotTimDodge]

Great question.
My answer? Fran kinda sucks at coaching that stuff.
The Fran Optimists answer? We're young, road game, finding chemistry, they'll figure it out, yada yada yada.

 

[ssckelley]

How do you fix this defensively? We have nobody on the team that can stop the dribble penetration. This team cannot defend man to man and when they go to the zone shooters get left wide open.

 

[BGOLD]

How do you fix this defensively? We have nobody on the team that can stop the dribble penetration. This team cannot defend man to man and when they go to the zone shooters get left wide open.

Good coaches find a way to hide bad defenders on defense. See Brad Stevens and how he hid Isaiah Thomas last year. Also, don't sit guys the rest of the half if they pick up 2 fouls. Nobody wants to play defense aggressively if they know their coach is going to sit them for doing so. Other coaches don't employ this rule anymore, it's an outdated style of thinking.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

They absolutely do not rebound. Rebounding is a lost art to many teams. Some still do it well like Mich St. You know how many possessions they give up because of rebounds?