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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 11196" data-source="post: 1459253"><p>Hmmmm.... IMHO (and I know I'll get slammed for this), it's more on the young players habits and their attitudes about defense than anything else....</p><p>The superstar HS players that make the top of the rankings, always are more interested in 'offense'... Scoring is what makes a ball player obtain those 4/5-stars. No HS player has EVER been awarded 5 stars for their defense - NONE... It's always been about the offense - the scoring... ALWAYS.</p><p></p><p>They're also looking forward to being the next Jordan, or Bryant, or James, and want to bask in that spotlight (who wouldn't). They pay attention to the NBA in the styles of play - and (IMHO) the NBA is NOT about defense... It's about scoring points - OFFENSE... Hence the number of games where 100 or more points are scored - many times by the loser as well as the winner.... </p><p></p><p>The college game is centered on the coach... The HS and the NBA game is centered on the individual star players.... Defense is what college basketball coaches teach and harp on. It's NOT what HS or NBA coaches think or worry about. So players whose main objective is to get to the NBA, know they only have to do just enough to get on the court, and while there, to demonstrate their ability in OFFENSE.... because it's the OFFENSE that gets them the NBA looks... NOT defense...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 11196, post: 1459253"] Hmmmm.... IMHO (and I know I'll get slammed for this), it's more on the young players habits and their attitudes about defense than anything else.... The superstar HS players that make the top of the rankings, always are more interested in 'offense'... Scoring is what makes a ball player obtain those 4/5-stars. No HS player has EVER been awarded 5 stars for their defense - NONE... It's always been about the offense - the scoring... ALWAYS. They're also looking forward to being the next Jordan, or Bryant, or James, and want to bask in that spotlight (who wouldn't). They pay attention to the NBA in the styles of play - and (IMHO) the NBA is NOT about defense... It's about scoring points - OFFENSE... Hence the number of games where 100 or more points are scored - many times by the loser as well as the winner.... The college game is centered on the coach... The HS and the NBA game is centered on the individual star players.... Defense is what college basketball coaches teach and harp on. It's NOT what HS or NBA coaches think or worry about. So players whose main objective is to get to the NBA, know they only have to do just enough to get on the court, and while there, to demonstrate their ability in OFFENSE.... because it's the OFFENSE that gets them the NBA looks... NOT defense... [/QUOTE]
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