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Message: [QUOTE="Chief00, post: 1960765"] Agree lots of bad options. What though is difficult to quantify is how man to man defense makes you more aggressive on offense, creates fast breaks, should help you rebound etc. Besides the obvious it brings accountability and toughness and yes ultimately confidence over your opponent that goes into winning tough games. Sadly, many of our players brick shots in pregame warm-ups and I can absolutely tell you there is a lack of concentration and confidence in the shooting - never mind any specific mechanics issue the dude may have. I have watched guys like Jo Jo White, Chris Mullins, Larry Bird and Ray Allen warm up long before game time. Quite frankly, there is a focus and purpose to everything they do. They are systematic and there are no throw away shots - the intent is to make every shot - and there is the consistency and methodology to attempt to do that. Jo Jo had a great bank shot - a loss art. After watching him warm up for about 30 minutes at the HCC - I don't think he missed more than 2 shots - he was a machine. Larry Bird had that smooth flow where there would almost be a jet stream taking the ball into the hoop. The thing that always impressed me about Ray was how much he elevated and used his legs on each shot. Given the amount of shots he takes the conditioning to do that always amazed me. [/QUOTE]