Is Good Defense Due To Player Skills or Scheme? – Salt City Hoops Podcast

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On this week’s Salt City Hoops Podcast, Laura Thompson moderates a discussion between Ben Dowsett and Clint Johnson about defense. In particular, we’re concerned: the Bulls have built an excellent defense despite starting Carlos boozer. The Bobcats have built a good one despite having Al Jefferson. What’s going on? How much of defensive success is schematics, and how much is the individual players implementing that scheme? Salt City Hoops breaks it down.

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