Does JCL have good reviews defensively?
I have been wondering this as well. I only watched Depaul once and they weren't good at either end in that game but I didn't pay attention to JCL specifically.
Does JCL have good reviews defensively?
From the games I have watched, DePaul was sound defensively. He wasn't their best defensive player, but at least played a role in what was a efficient defense. Makes me believe he can hold his own with multiple defensive sets without getting confused. Might be a step slow on ball, but helps and is in the right spot to make a play most of the time.Does JCL have good reviews defensively?
Bart Torvik has Depaul as the #56 defensive team last year, compared to #148 for ISU. So yes, they were a respectable defensive team. Although it is notable that 8 Big 12 teams ranked better than Depaul defensively.From the games I have watched, DePaul was sound defensively. He wasn't their best defensive player, but at least played a role in what was a efficient defense. Makes me believe he can hold his own with multiple defensive sets without getting confused. Might be a step slow on ball, but helps and is in the right spot to make a play most of the time.
Bart Torvik has Depaul as the #56 defensive team last year, compared to #148 for ISU. So yes, they were a respectable defensive team. Although it is notable that 8 Big 12 teams ranked better than Depaul defensively.
https://barttorvik.com/trank.php?so...conlimit=&year=2020&top=0&hteam=&quad=5&rpi=#
We’ll see. It’s hard to project defense contributions. Outside of adding individual plays like shot blocking, a good defender added to a bad defense is kind of wasted. Better than adding a poor defender, but hard for one guy to change a defense. We need some of these new guys to come in with leadership on that end.From the games I have watched, DePaul was sound defensively. He wasn't their best defensive player, but at least played a role in what was a efficient defense. Makes me believe he can hold his own with multiple defensive sets without getting confused. Might be a step slow on ball, but helps and is in the right spot to make a play most of the time.
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A further demonstration of how pitiful our "defense" was last year.
Our defense was offensive.
Our worst ranking (148) by a wide margin of any year on BartTorvik.
FWIW: It currently projects us to be 143 next year, good for second worst ever. We still sorely need some roster changes or it’s going to be a frustrating year.
Roster changes will hopefully help, but it’s clearly not a strength of this staff. Team defense is sloppy, ball screens in particular. Which is probably why need to play as many long wings as possible rather than the two bigs with a small backcourt that we had in 2017-18 and 2019-20. A lot easier to execute “switch everything”.Our worst ranking (148) by a wide margin of any year on BartTorvik.
FWIW: It currently projects us to be 143 next year, good for second worst ever. We still sorely need some roster changes or it’s going to be a frustrating year.
Offense in the NBA, especially in the playoffs, is essentially...
-- find the weak link on defense
-- find a mismatch or exploit on them
-- exploit them until they change something
-- if they do not change, then drill them on it until they do
College offenses are increasingly learning that lesson, too. Teams were obviously doing it against us when we had Lewis (and Griffin) on the floor.
I am glad the players in your pick-up league had internalized that strategy.
I have said this before on here, but we mostly talk about our offense. However, our offense was fine last year. It was good even. Our defense was atrocious. Our various lineup, roster construction, and recruiting conversations need to ask, "Who could this guy guard at the B12 level?" way more often than they actually do right now.
Well said Sigmapolis. I laugh thinking back to the time I found my self guarding Victor Alexander in the post...his arse was half a mile wide! Thank goodness he didn't feel the need to hook me with his elbow like he did others in games!
I remember an interview one time with Jordan and Barkley. Jordan was talking about how bad of an on ball defender Charles was. Barkley mentioned one time in a game when he switched onto Jordan and scared him into passing the ball, and Jordan said he was laughing so hard at Charles' serious look thinking he could actually mark him that he had to pass the ball.
I believe our offense was better last year than many give it credit for. What we lacked was the guy that could take over the game, or when the shot clock wound down, you could count on to go get a bucket. You could give it to Niang or Fizer and say go get me a bucket. When he was in that mode, Burton literally took over games (think second half of Purdue game) and we knew Shayock came through time and again. We had less success with that last year, even when the set offense was fairly efficient. We also had more midrange jump shooting and it seemed less offensive rebounding, but defensive rebounding was a more glaring gap, especially with so many blow-by-matador-defense moments and no rim protector at center much of the time.
Roster changes will hopefully help, but it’s clearly not a strength of this staff. Team defense is sloppy, ball screens in particular. Which is probably why need to play as many long wings as possible rather than the two bigs with a small backcourt that we had in 2017-18 and 2019-20. A lot easier to execute “switch everything”.
If we added Smith and Gach, it would be discouraging to not have a top-40 defense. The length and roster flexibility would be some of the best we’ve ever had on that side.
Which therein lies how big it would be to get Justin Smith. Watching some full games I saw him able to defend guards well on the perimeter while still being able to hold his own in the paint.To defend the staff, everybody just wants to switch everything now if they can. It is the optimal defense if you can get away with it and not create mismatches that the other team can exploit and kill you with a few seconds later.
If you can switch everything... you kill the PnR and prevent mismatches against you... which are the two best ways to run a basketball offense in 2020. Being able to take that way from teams is incredibly powerful -- everybody wants it.
Is that a defense?To defend the staff, everybody just wants to switch everything now if they can. It is the optimal defense if you can get away with it and not create mismatches that the other team can exploit and kill you with a few seconds later.
If you can switch everything... you kill the PnR and prevent mismatches against you... which are the two best ways to run a basketball offense in 2020. Being able to take that way from teams is incredibly powerful -- everybody wants it.
We’ll see. It’s hard to project defense contributions. Outside of adding individual plays like shot blocking, a good defender added to a bad defense is kind of wasted. Better than adding a poor defender, but hard for one guy to change a defense. We need some of these new guys to come in with leadership on that end.
We’re going to miss Haliburton on that side. He probably freelanced a little too much, but his instincts for help defense and length were elite.
I searched DePaul and Illinois boards, and the comments were sparse on defense.
We haven’t had to worry about that, unfortunately.One bad defender can definitely make a defense as a whole worse.
To defend the staff, everybody just wants to switch everything now if they can. It is the optimal defense if you can get away with it and not create mismatches that the other team can exploit and kill you with a few seconds later.
If you can switch everything... you kill the PnR and prevent mismatches against you... which are the two best ways to run a basketball offense in 2020. Being able to take that way from teams is incredibly powerful -- everybody wants it.
To defend the staff, everybody just wants to switch everything now if they can. It is the optimal defense if you can get away with it and not create mismatches that the other team can exploit and kill you with a few seconds later.
If you can switch everything... you kill the PnR and prevent mismatches against you... which are the two best ways to run a basketball offense in 2020. Being able to take that way from teams is incredibly powerful -- everybody wants it.
One of his best strengths imo is when he doubles down in the post he creates chaos for the offensive post man. He creates a good amount of turn overs by stripping the ball away.Does JCL have good reviews defensively?
Is that a defense?
Better staffs don’t fall to the depths of last year’s defense when absent the players to switch everything. Several in the top-40 aren’t even close to switching everything.
It’s not just in-game failure. Defense is as much recruiting and development, whether that be the optimal switch everything, or more conventional. Hoiberg is known as an offensive guy, but he embraced having more wings over chasing bigs. We ended up needing to play two bigs in two out of three years. Hopefully the class of 2020 and this offseason is a sign that the staff has adjusted.