Yep...
Advantages of Pack Line Defense
1. Prevents Dribble Penetration – Due to four defenders always being inside the pack line, the offensive players will be find it hard to find gaps through the wall of defenders.
2. Prevents Back-Door Cuts – This is a great defense if you’re playing against an offense like the Princeton offense that likes to utilize the back-door cut. Since your players are sagging off their man, the offensive team will find it hard to get easy layups off back-door cuts.
3. Lower Opponent Field Goal Percentage – If your team can be patient on defense and not gamble, it will lead to the opponent taking tough contested jump shots.
4. Increased Rebounding – Sagging off their players will put your players in better rebounding positions… as long as they box out.
5. No Easy Scores – This advantage ties in with dribble penetration. If the opponent can’t get to the ring and your defense is packing the paint, there will be no easy opportunities to score.
6. Always in Help Position – Unlike traditional man-to-man defense, your players don’t need to move to be in help position… they’re already there!
In theory it's a good idea. The problem is you need a team full of defenders to play such and intricate defense. We have better defenders than last year, but still have a lot of holes.
Mitchell is a bad, bad defender because of his size and lack of quickness. He understands D and tries hard. He just can't play it.
Austin is just too slow. But you don't expect your knockdown gunslinger to be a good defender.
McClinton is out of position so often that he impacts everyone else.
Brandon could become an average defender, but his size is a problem. Right now he leans too much and goes for fakes too often. At this point, he's a bad defender.
Surprisingly, Dinos has really improved his D. He gets in much better position, moves his feet correctly more often and turns to get position to rebound like a different guy. He's gone from being a bad defender to being average. Hopefully, he'll continue to improve.
Keyshawn plays really hard and tough. Maybe it's rust from sitting out, but his lateral movement is not great now. That could improve. He's a very good defensive rebounder for a guard, but his overall defense is average.
Bryant is a very good defender and could be elite if we had another good defender next to him. He senses the passing lane very well. Sometimes he tries too hard to make up for the lapses of others.
JC could easily be an elite defender. He would be better right now if he didn't get those cheap offensive fouls. Without having to worry about them, he could be a stopper and make us much better.
Doral needs to stop getting offensive fouls and he could become an absolute lane clogger.
