Defense and Rebounding

[thebigabd]

Couple of questions for you basketball experts on the board.

A.) Defense

Is it difficult to "get back" on defense, find your man, get setup, etc when you have a player who is unpredictable with his shooting, like Trae Young. Meaning, he may pull up from half court, he may pass, he may do whatever he wants, etc... but then a long rebound goes out and the other team is off and running.

Is it difficult to play good defense in that scenario?

B.) Rebounding

Same scenario as above... unpredictable shots, long rebounds, lots of 3's... more than a 3rd of OU's shots are three pointers... many from unusual ranges and not part of an offensive set... It seems like a lot of the other guys are cutting or moving, etc and TY gets a sliver of daylight from half court and puts the shot up.

Is it difficult to be in the right position when you have no idea when a shot is going up or if the guy has even shot the ball?

 

[sperry]

Couple of questions for you basketball experts on the board.

A.) Defense

Is it difficult to "get back" on defense, find your man, get setup, etc when you have a player who is unpredictable with his shooting, like Trae Young. Meaning, he may pull up from half court, he may pass, he may do whatever he wants, etc... but then a long rebound goes out and the other team is off and running.

Is it difficult to play good defense in that scenario?

B.) Rebounding

Same scenario as above... unpredictable shots, long rebounds, lots of 3's... more than a 3rd of OU's shots are three pointers... many from unusual ranges and not part of an offensive set... It seems like a lot of the other guys are cutting or moving, etc and TY gets a sliver of daylight from half court and puts the shot up.

Is it difficult to be in the right position when you have no idea when a shot is going up or if the guy has even shot the ball?

A) No. The ball is in the air for a long time, and there are going to be long, protracted battles for rebounds. No reason this would hamper getting back on D.

B) It actually makes offensive rebounds more likely, because long 3s take bigger bounces off the rim, meaning the defender can't just box out his man and expect to get the board.

 

[opsooner]

Yes, (A) is easier to do when you take good shots within an offensive framework. When you take a quick 3 from a logo and the defenders get a long rebound or a quick kick out then you are likely going to be at a disadvantage.

However, we are probably in a better position for that than most teams because we don’t run a lot of motion so wings should be more apt to see it coming and ready to get back. But if they crash for an offensive board and don’t get it we are likely in trouble.


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[chuckb]

Couple of questions for you basketball experts on the board.

A.) Defense

Is it difficult to "get back" on defense, find your man, get setup, etc when you have a player who is unpredictable with his shooting, like Trae Young. Meaning, he may pull up from half court, he may pass, he may do whatever he wants, etc... but then a long rebound goes out and the other team is off and running.

Is it difficult to play good defense in that scenario?

B.) Rebounding

Same scenario as above... unpredictable shots, long rebounds, lots of 3's... more than a 3rd of OU's shots are three pointers... many from unusual ranges and not part of an offensive set... It seems like a lot of the other guys are cutting or moving, etc and TY gets a sliver of daylight from half court and puts the shot up.

Is it difficult to be in the right position when you have no idea when a shot is going up or if the guy has even shot the ball?

Transition defense is extremely difficult to play. First, you've got a guy coming at you with the ball and you're backing up and that assumes you've communicated with anyone else on defense to decide who's got the ball and who's got the other offensive players. Then, they have to find the other guys, recognize which ones are shooters and which ones are going to the basket and match up accordingly. And you've got a couple seconds to make those decisions and get where you're supposed to be. And none of this even takes into account that there's a good chance there are more of them than there are of you.

Maybe defending a team like Texas Tech (or better still, Virginia) with all their screens and cuts is more difficult but it's not by much.

It's so much more difficult to defend Trae in transition than not and also why we get hurt so much by turnovers and long 3 pointers with long rebounds that lead to runouts.

 

[DenverSooner]

This is typical thenigabf with the subtle criticism of OU. In this case it is criticism of Trae Young.

 

[JBaker]

We don’t give up an unusually high percentage of transition baskets. It’s our halfcourt defense that is horrible. So I would say the entire premise of this post is fairly irrelevant.

 

[SoonerWarVet]

Maybe it is just me, but watching other teams smother us at the three point line while we give a decent cushion on the other end makes zero sense. Am I missing something?

 

[Soonerinkc]

transition defense is extremely difficult to play. First, you've got a guy coming at you with the ball and you're backing up and that assumes you've communicated with anyone else on defense to decide who's got the ball and who's got the other offensive players. Then, they have to find the other guys, recognize which ones are shooters and which ones are going to the basket and match up accordingly. And you've got a couple seconds to make those decisions and get where you're supposed to be. And none of this even takes into account that there's a good chance there are more of them than there are of you.

Maybe defending a team like texas tech (or better still, virginia) with all their screens and cuts is more difficult but it's not by much.

It's so much more difficult to defend trae in transition than not and also why we get hurt so much by turnovers and long 3 pointers with long rebounds that lead to runouts.

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