Do you think it best for the Rockets to work on acquiring players who would help them compete in a zone defense based system, or would it be best to get players who might contribute in the system implemented last year? My thinking on this is that it should only take the league one year to realize that zone defenses will certainly not increase scoring or increase attendance or interest. This might be a case where this rule only exists for one season, similar to the 3-point line shortening a while back. If teams acquire players who are slow, but can shoot and play decent "zone" team defense, they might end up screwed in the end when the league reverses the rule change... of course, I might be overstating the importance of all this, but I thought it might be an interesting discussion, and I haven't read anyone bring it up yet. Thoughts? ------------------ President of the Anal Retentive School for Jerks Hey, I wanted to be president of something, and I swear everyone took every other presidential position already.
I think they should ignore the rule changes and just go after the best players possible. I agree that the NBA will change the rules again after they fail this season. ------------------ Turn Lives Protrolls.com!
I agree, ZRB. I am almost certain they will repeal the rules next year. Another question paralleling this, I suppose, is whether or not you feel like there is that much of a difference in the necessary skills required to thrive in a zone rules system as opposed to the alternative... Would a player like Cato or Steve be better in a zone or non-zone? Do you think it is even something Rudy would take into account? ------------------ President of the Anal Retentive School for Jerks Hey, I wanted to be president of something, and I swear everyone took every other presidential position already.
