Udoka's Defensive Scheme

[Ed Monix]

The many dangers of a Switch-All Defense.

BOS wants to switch everything, all the time...which actually creates somes issues.

In only 3min, WAS exposes 3 main downsides:

• creates pointless/poor mismatches
• prone to mistakes & miscommunications
• mismatches on the O-Board



Source: Twitter @NBEinstein

[droopdog7]

So either Udoka is a complete and utter idiot or there is also an upside. 

Let's assess after a bit to see whether it works or not.

[Celtics2021]

A lot of teams switch everything.  That said, vs. the Wizards the Celtics didn’t switch everything.  Marcus Smart had Beal, and the rest of the defense switched everything.

[SCeltic34]

It seems similar to what Brad was doing.  They also switch off the ball on the weak side if a small player gets matched up on a big.  A lot of teams have been doing this.

What I'm more concerned about is the frequent miscommunications between our players (as pointed out in bullet #2) and our mistake of often going under the screen even on good shooters.  We're getting burned at the 3 point line.

It's an inadequate sample size sure, but right now we're 22nd in defensive rating, 20th in FG% allowed (45.8%, which obviously is not good), and 25th in defending the 3 point line (allowing 38.1%).  This is according to NBA.com stats.  I expect to finish in the top 10 in each of these categories by the end of the season given the personnel we have.

[Ed Monix]

So either Udoka is a complete and utter idiot or there is also an upside. 

Let's assess after a bit to see whether it works or not.

I think you misunderstood the post.

I am not making any sudden judgment, it’s just information and footage I thought was interesting and worthy of sharing on the forum.

[liam]

Scheme makes it sound like there is a plan.

[Ed Monix]

Scheme makes it sound like there is a plan.

I am actually curious how many successful team seasons have come from a rookie nba head coach, without any previous head coaching experience (college, overseas or g-league) and under a first year president of basketball operations.

I’d say it would be especially hard because usually rookie head coaches come from within the team infrastructure like Phil Jackson & Nick Nurse, so it’s a smooth transition.

[pokeKingCurtis]

Scheme makes it sound like there is a plan.

I am actually curious how many successful team seasons have come from a rookie nba head coach, without any previous head coaching experience (college, overseas or g-league) and under a first year president of basketball operations.

I’d say it would be especially hard because usually rookie head coaches come from within the team infrastructure like Phil Jackson & Nick Nurse, so it’s a smooth transition.

What about Spoelstra (just off the top of my head, I might be completely wrong).

[Celtics4ever]

I’d say it would be especially hard because usually rookie head coaches come from within the team infrastructure like Phil Jackson & Nick Nurse, so it’s a smooth transition.

Phil Jackson only coached loaded teams, think about that and that helped his coaching record quite a bit.