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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 804058" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>Last year we were 160th in the nation in defensive efficiency. Here is how we were the previous years under Pastner. </p><p></p><p>2019 - 29th</p><p>2018 - 42nd</p><p>2017 - 117th</p><p>2016 - 35th</p><p></p><p>Looking at Kenpom yields a similar outcome albeit not as extreme a difference. </p><p></p><p>Last year we were 68th </p><p>2019 - 16th </p><p>2018 - 43rd</p><p>2017 - 61st</p><p>2016 - 6th</p><p></p><p></p><p>Overall I'd say the defense was good enough, and fun at times to watch, but I think it was our overall worst defense under Pastner. I also think we had two pieces that we likely won't have this year without which the calculus doesn't reach the same conclusion for this year. First off, Usher is significantly smaller than Moses and doesn't have the same experience that Moses had in terms of going up against Lammers and Banks. Ush would face even more issues than Moses and be worse equipped to deal with them. The closest replacement would likely be Meka but he has virtually no experience at this level which was a huge part of what let Moses be effective on defense. He's coming off a back injury on top of that. Second, we likely won't be able to rely on defense pressure on the outside like we did so much last year due to the loss of Jose. Even if Smith or Sturdivant could match what Jose did on defense physically, neither has the experience to believe they can do it to the extent that Jose could while also guarding mismatches and avoiding foul trouble. That is even more true since they will be asked to also help run the offense. Jose did a ton for us last year, and I think we can replace it fairly well overall as a team, but I don't think we can put the same strain on the spot that we did last year and expect that. Realistically, we also don't have the level of rebounding wings that you would need to do that. That was an issue last year, and it won't get better by replacing Moses, far an away our best rebounder, with another effectively another PG. We saw that in the NCAAT and we were absolutely demolished on the boards 30-17</p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, positionless basketball isn't the same as small ball (it's also a bit of a misnomer). If anything it is centered around the idea that bigger players are becoming skilled enough to be able to play smaller roles. Sure you have Golden state when they had Curry and Klay along with Green who's a generational defender in terms of being able to defend big for his size. But overall positionless basketball is becoming more of a thing because of guys like Lebron, KD, Giannis, Kawhi, Jokic, AD, etc all being skilled enough to basically play on the wing, as well as bigger guards becoming more normal overall blurring the lines between positions. IMO the most straightforward move towards positionless basketball conceptually for us would be for Saba to play mostly at the 5 with his perimeter skills.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 804058, member: 2299"] Last year we were 160th in the nation in defensive efficiency. Here is how we were the previous years under Pastner. 2019 - 29th 2018 - 42nd 2017 - 117th 2016 - 35th Looking at Kenpom yields a similar outcome albeit not as extreme a difference. Last year we were 68th 2019 - 16th 2018 - 43rd 2017 - 61st 2016 - 6th Overall I'd say the defense was good enough, and fun at times to watch, but I think it was our overall worst defense under Pastner. I also think we had two pieces that we likely won't have this year without which the calculus doesn't reach the same conclusion for this year. First off, Usher is significantly smaller than Moses and doesn't have the same experience that Moses had in terms of going up against Lammers and Banks. Ush would face even more issues than Moses and be worse equipped to deal with them. The closest replacement would likely be Meka but he has virtually no experience at this level which was a huge part of what let Moses be effective on defense. He's coming off a back injury on top of that. Second, we likely won't be able to rely on defense pressure on the outside like we did so much last year due to the loss of Jose. Even if Smith or Sturdivant could match what Jose did on defense physically, neither has the experience to believe they can do it to the extent that Jose could while also guarding mismatches and avoiding foul trouble. That is even more true since they will be asked to also help run the offense. Jose did a ton for us last year, and I think we can replace it fairly well overall as a team, but I don't think we can put the same strain on the spot that we did last year and expect that. Realistically, we also don't have the level of rebounding wings that you would need to do that. That was an issue last year, and it won't get better by replacing Moses, far an away our best rebounder, with another effectively another PG. We saw that in the NCAAT and we were absolutely demolished on the boards 30-17 Also, positionless basketball isn't the same as small ball (it's also a bit of a misnomer). If anything it is centered around the idea that bigger players are becoming skilled enough to be able to play smaller roles. Sure you have Golden state when they had Curry and Klay along with Green who's a generational defender in terms of being able to defend big for his size. But overall positionless basketball is becoming more of a thing because of guys like Lebron, KD, Giannis, Kawhi, Jokic, AD, etc all being skilled enough to basically play on the wing, as well as bigger guards becoming more normal overall blurring the lines between positions. IMO the most straightforward move towards positionless basketball conceptually for us would be for Saba to play mostly at the 5 with his perimeter skills. [/QUOTE]
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