What I Don't Want To Hear (RE: LSU Game)

[Ldlane]

Just a side note:

Playing "ball-you-man" defense requires a good bit more work than playing "man-you-basket" defense. Besides footspeed, "ball-you-man" also requires quite a bit more anticipation, concentration, and court vision.

So, I conclude that we don't play "ball-you-man" because we lack these characteristics and/or haven't been willing to work at it.

When you are guarding someone without the ball you are always playing "ball-you-man" defense and the person that has the man with the ball is always playing "man-you-basket". They aren't mutually exclusive if you are in a M2M defense. You either play M2M or you do not play M2M. If all you play "Man-you-basket" defense then "you ain't playing M2M" defense! Which makes me wonder if we are playing some other type of defense.

You sag on the Help side and Front the post. You play one pass away from the person you are guarding without the ball.

A "crude" representation of the principles.