What happened to the defense? Are they just tuning Anderson out
Although full court pressure speeds up the game and allows for easy baskets via turnovers, our half court defense is horrible. That's not new. The half court defense was horrible last year also. The full court pressure is being easily beaten and teams are getting and making easy 3 point shots.
In the half court Posh and Curbelo cheat off thei man too much. When they make a steal everyone ooh's an ahh's at the play. But when they don't it opens up the court for an easy basket. Neither Posh or Curbelo is good at guarding their man straight up and staying in front of them. Posh is too slow and Curbelo is too much of a hotdog.
The best half court defenders as far guarding a man stright up are Mathis and Wusu. But Wusu is horrible at keeping track of his man and is extremely suceptible to back door plays.
Jones has the athleticism to be a good defender, but in the half court he is not. He has the same problems that Wusu has but to a lesser degree.
Soriano's defense is poor. I love his improvements on offense and his rebounding numbers, but he cannot guard.
Stanley is all effort, but he gets beaten and is out of position often.
Storr will eventually be a good offensive player, but he is slow and his defense is poor.
Ergo....Our team is poor defensively overall, but pathetic in its half court defense.