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Message: [QUOTE="kcc1442, post: 3815558, member: 2577"] More than team defense, we need to make a decision on how far out to play on the perimeter with some of our guys. Specifically, TP routinely gets beat by quicker guards, which causes problems for our d. And because he is getting beat so far out, the opposing guard has so much down hill momentum that it is hard to play quality help d. They need him to drop back at least to just above the three point arc. He needs to realize that his 6'9 stature and length will still affect guards and SFs jump shots and this way he won't be beat. He is way to slow-footed out there. This was an issue when he was picking up fouls early in the year and now he is just getting blown by with ease. I do agree however, that Whaley and some of our other guys seemed slow to react on help d which is uncharacteristic from what we have seen so far. But Dan Hurley needs to make an adjustment with some of our guys on the perimeter d. I also agree that although I want to see primarily man to man I think mixing in a few zone possessions wouldn't be a bad idea. Especially when we don't have IW in the game and we have our slower bigs (don't think Akok is fully back to game speed yet). [/QUOTE]