Why didn't Shaquile O'Neal dominate more in college? Why didn't Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutumbo win a National Championship at Georgetown? Post play doesn't work against the zone. Also look for players like Iverson and Carter especially to struggle because they're their teams' primary offensive weapon. If they thought scoring was a problem before, just wait. The league made a big mistake tweaking the rules to resemble their college counterpart. A big mistake. ------------------ the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be. [This message has been edited by hitman21 (edited May 30, 2001).] [This message has been edited by hitman21 (edited May 30, 2001).]
True....True. That is the one thing that the zone will do, it will take away a teams primary offensive weapon away. The zone will take away shot from the Iversons, Carters, Kobe's, etc. Those shot will now be in the hands of the Arron McKies, Morris Pettersons, and Rick Foxs of the world. The zone will do what they think it will and take away the iso's plays teams love to run but the problem with that is the best players and the ones the NBA markets ARE those players. By allowing the zone any given team can take away any one primary offensive weapon of any other team. The teams that will be able to suceed are the ones who have 2 or even 3 offensive weapons who can share the ball and make the zone pay for paying too much attention and any one player. ------------------ Don't think....just throw. Don't think....just throw.
To me this sounds like a good thing-- a return to balanced team play and away from the individual matchup focus. Sounds great to me! ------------------ Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils.
Basketball should be a team game. The NBA has been wrong for a long time, and now they seem to want to bring back the team play. Or do they? ------------------ Technically speaking, we're #1! ~Portland fans
I totally agree with Rich & Rocket. I hate the constant one-on-one basketball. Granted it's fun to see the great players excel but to see 3 or 4 guys getting out of the way offensively is not the way the game was meant to be played.
I agree too! I like the idea for the zone, at least for a season or two. (astrick anyone?) I think this does pretty good for Houston. I personally do not think Anderson or Taylor would fit well, especially anderson. He would be a total waste on the offense. With the zone, you need everyone to be good on offense, while giving the less quality defenders (bullard) a better chance. ------------------ If Bill Gates had a dime for every time Windows crashed... Oh, Wait!! He Does!
We are going to get an * beside our championship because of the zone. ------------------ Technically speaking, we're #1! ~Portland fans
I am not thrilled at all about the zone, but you have to agree that is Houston is very lucky. a) If the zone had been there a few years ago, it would have hurt us very badly given that we had such a dominating center. Who knows what would have happened, but the zone really hurts the big guys (on offense at least). b) Now that the zone is here, we have a team that can play against it fairly well. We are fast and have multiple weapons. Of course not every team will play zone all the time, so the benefit is somewhat mitigated. Oh well...the zone's probably gone after a season once the scores drop to the 70's.... ------------------ "Quote under construction"
What I don't understand is why now? Every word out of the Stern camp is how thrilled he is at how the NBA is going, why is he changing it now?? Have ya'll seen the playoff commercials?? "Its all good" If its all good then why make such drastic changes? ------------------
In high school or college most teams play zone to avoid mis-matches and most teams have one maybe two good outside shooters. If the defense overplays their zone tendencies, they will get exploited from the backside by a good team. I think Centers who can hit the 7-10 foot jumper will become very valuable in the new NBA because they will pull the shot-blocking centers away from the rim and free up the backside. What PF can't get a hoop or a foul the majority of the time when they have a step on the defense? Can you say Loren Woods? Even if they can't, the blocked-shot is the second most exciting play in basketball behind the rim-rocking dunk. Imagine what highlights will be like... ------------------ Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils. [This message has been edited by RichRocket (edited May 31, 2001).]
