08-12-2020, 11:07 AM
(08-12-2020, 04:23 AM)omahen Wrote: Transition defense is mainly just lack of communication imho. Centers taking guards and guards guarding centers, leaving a player completely open and then 2 players trying to contest his shot.
I wonder what changed compared to previous seasons. In the last few years RC focused on transition defense and did not care about offensive rebounding. Never having more than one player crashing the offensive glass. Dirk for example was always the first to get back on defense.
This year we have Doncic freelancing and going for the rebound nearly all the time. Same for DFS. Whoever plays at center will go for the rebound as well.
Having two undersized guards/wings(most of the time THJ and Curry) as the security blanket is not a good idea.
The trade off is not worth it. Yes the Mavs improved their rebounding and rank 10th in the league in ORR but they rank dead last in transition defense.