newyorker4ever wrote:nixluva wrote:It would be a mistake IMO to assume that Jose would be such a major detriment. For one thing he's not the only PG we have and secondly we have a lot more rim protection now. Jose was just as bad defensively with Dallas and they won 50 games and took San Antonio to 7 games. The focus on Jose is a bit overstated IMO. It's a legit concern but there's a way to deal with that. Phil has talked about using pressure and traps on the opposing PG and also using some zone defense this year. We have to see how it is applied but using different tactics could mitigate some of the defensive weakness of Jose.
I agree. It's like nobody has ever heard of help defense. Everyone knows that Calderon will need help from the other 4 on the court when he's in there so there's plenty of ways to give him help defensively when he's out there.
Yes. Help in a TEAM defensive scheme can be effective. We have the rim protection and PnR defensive bigs. Afflalo, Jerian, Gallo, Early and Thanasis if he makes it, could all give some help defensively. As mentioned using some zone can also hide Jose for stretches of a game so he's not always exposed.
