Game planning against different D's Topic

when I game plan against a M2M team its very easy to match up my players to my opponents... But how do you look at game planning against press teams and zone teams considering these are not one on one or positional match ups? So far I have tried to look at stamina and overall defensive ratings for press teams and I haven't seen too many good zone teams but I believe I'd look more at def ratings and rebounding for zone teams. Any coaches with ideas as to how to game plan against these schemes? 
2/10/2012 8:44 PM
anyone? 
2/11/2012 9:32 PM
Pretty easy to play against the press.  Just load up on your best players since they can't alter the defensive strategy to stop them.  Zone...no idea.  Zone eats me alive.
2/11/2012 9:53 PM
I normally prefer an offense that features forwards and bigs scoring inside - but I switch my distro a little bit to get more outside scoring from my guards against a 2-3 zone. This is one reason why you want to at least have a couple capable shooters(obviously). 

I *think* that once the press is broken, it reverts to a man offense, so I still try to exploit individual matchups. You also could try making sure you have as much speed, ballhandling, and passing on the court as you can against the press. Could do that either by messing with your starting lineups, depth chart, fatigue settings, etc.
2/11/2012 10:04 PM
Game planning against different D's Topic

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