3ball
05-15-2015, 12:17 PM
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The only reason Joakim Noah must strongside flood in the picture below is because floor-spreaders on the weakside (including #20 Mosgov) have drawn all but 2 defenders away from the strongside:
http://i61.tinypic.com/2z7mnvm.png
But in previous eras, all 5 defenders typically stayed on the strongside because there were no weakside floor-spreaders to draw them away.. Gimmick scrambling schemes like Joakim Noah's strongside flood simply weren't necessary in previous eras when spacing didn't exist to draw defenders away from the strongside.
http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/54cd4db17a9330ca58b8e33a0b6f9b2f.gif
Today's player faces less defenders on the strongside than previous eras due to spacing and weakside floor-spreaders that draw defenders away from the strongside.. Today's player never faces a strongside with all 5 defenders on it (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11128077&postcount=21) because weakside spacing ensures a more porous distribution of strongside defenders.
Accordingly, the stats of today's players should be downgraded appropriately, particularly the paint and at-rim efficiencies that benefited from the porous strongside defense.. It should also be noted that the porous spacing also allows today's players to take longer with decisions and get away with a weaker, less sophisticated level of isolation ability (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375397).
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The only reason Joakim Noah must strongside flood in the picture below is because floor-spreaders on the weakside (including #20 Mosgov) have drawn all but 2 defenders away from the strongside:
http://i61.tinypic.com/2z7mnvm.png
But in previous eras, all 5 defenders typically stayed on the strongside because there were no weakside floor-spreaders to draw them away.. Gimmick scrambling schemes like Joakim Noah's strongside flood simply weren't necessary in previous eras when spacing didn't exist to draw defenders away from the strongside.
http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/54cd4db17a9330ca58b8e33a0b6f9b2f.gif
Today's player faces less defenders on the strongside than previous eras due to spacing and weakside floor-spreaders that draw defenders away from the strongside.. Today's player never faces a strongside with all 5 defenders on it (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11128077&postcount=21) because weakside spacing ensures a more porous distribution of strongside defenders.
Accordingly, the stats of today's players should be downgraded appropriately, particularly the paint and at-rim efficiencies that benefited from the porous strongside defense.. It should also be noted that the porous spacing also allows today's players to take longer with decisions and get away with a weaker, less sophisticated level of isolation ability (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375397).
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