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Message: [QUOTE="BlueMAB, post: 2416784, member: 920"] The type of pressure will impact teams differently depending on how well they handle/pass the ball. [B] Zone/Trapping [/B]presses want people to try and dribble out of it, because it means 1 is trying to beat 2. Teams that pass the ball as the trap is coming will destroy a press because it catches players in between guarding a man and guarding the ball, essentially in no-man's land. Now if it's man to man full court press, then yes, more ball handlers help because it's still 1 v 1. Give the ball to the best ball handler with the best match-up, which could be Jalen, Alterique, or a "big" like Larrier, clear everyone else out and let him take the ball up the court. Maybe leave one big back to set a pick for him. But in a zone/trapping press, the objective is to get the offense to dribble into trouble (a corner/sideline/just over half court) and then pick the ball up as the trap comes. Force a bad pass, play the passing lanes, and score in transition. It takes an amazing point guard to dribble the ball through a trapping zone all game without numerous turnovers. And for a "big" to do it, is even more difficult. We'd salivate at the possibility of Alterique or Jalen defending a "big" with a handle 80 feet from the basket. The offense doesn't have any advantage there, the defense does. The advantage the big has, is he can see over a trap from two guards, and make a better pass. having bigs that can handle is great in the half court. How it impacts full court pressure depends more on the type of pressure. full court man to man and zone/trapping presses are very different types of pressure. [/QUOTE]

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