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Originally Posted by Spriggan
NBA players are much bigger, longer, and athletic. Zone defenses at the NBA ranks can be devastating to a team without great shooters/ball-handlers, like to the Lakers when Kobe isn't in the game.
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Here's the problem I have with that thinking. The players in college are long/athletic etc to the level of play they are on. You see what I mean it evens out level to level. Now if you were to say college players would have a hard time against NBA players playing zone, maybe you have a case. However NBA players against NBA players is the same to me as college players playing zone against college players. And as I already stated college players for decades have been breaking down zone defenses. Good defense isn't predicated on the system it's about the players buying in to it. However as well all know good offense will beat good defense. It being zone, man to man, etc