Browsing: NBA defense

Defensive miscommunications had JJ Redick questioning his own instructions after one preseason game as Lakers coach. “We maybe executed it…

Defending the pick-and-roll gave Golden State rookie Yaxel Lendeborg an uncomfortable introduction to NBA basketball. During an October preseason game…

Defensive communication has a face this preseason: Yaxel Lendeborg, trying to contain Austin Reaves while accounting for Walker Kessler behind…

NBA defensive switching schemes can fall apart in the time it takes a sneaker to squeak across the hardwood. A…

Magic transition defense starts before anybody begins sprinting toward the other basket. When an Orlando player releases a jumper, the…

Warriors defensive communication can break down with one late syllable. A sneaker squeaks toward the wrong shoulder. The screener clips…

Screen navigation will define the Nuggets in 2026-27 because Nikola Jokić cannot solve every problem once Denver’s perimeter defense gets…

Closeout discipline has to dominate Cleveland’s defensive work in training camp. The reason sits on the postseason tape. In Game…

Celtics transition defense can collapse in three seconds: a missed three, a long rebound and a guard streaking toward an…

Tyrese Haliburton’s zone defense problem usually announces itself through a sound before a mistake. Sneakers squeal. The ball swings. Andrew…