Why don't NBA teams just full court press all the time?

>tfw to intelligent to know how basketball works

>>74006162
It's not worth all that energy. Also it would just spread all their players out too much and make it easy to pass and cut into a lane. The warriors would shred a team that pressed the whole time.

NBA players actually know how to beat Full court press, and you'll end up giving up more points than you would playing a normal defense.

>>74006162
not worth the energy breh
it's rare to land shots from that distance

half court trap works better

>>74006162
because the first 47 minutes of a game don't matter. and because the regular season doesn't matter. over the course of a season, there's only maybe 10 or 15 minutes when a team needs to play defense.

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Why don't soccer defenders just run forwards so every pass by the other team is offsides?

>>74006691
Can't be offside in your own half
Also you wouldn't even have to pass when all the opposing players are behind you

Because players at the skill level of the. NBA would shred a defense like that. It would be an endless fast break. Every team would score on you like the Warriors and beat you by 40 points, and the Warriors would score 250 points and beat you by 100.

>>74006162
There is a big fucking gap between NBA starters and NBA bench. You can't wear out your starters and stars like that. Then the bench players become a liability or you are missing a key part of your team.

On the college side, the gap isn't as big between a witchita state starter/bench. So you can afford to sub them in and out more while you full court press them, wear them down and cause turnovers.

Plus with the NBA you can't afford tictac stupid fouls on certain players.

>>74007929
What you are saying is literally the opposite of what most basketball analysts say.

Because American sports are closed leagues so it takes fucking forever for basic innovation to happen

>>74007955
Be more specific.

Why doesn't the team encircle the ball carrier in a screen so he can eventually waltz in for an easy tip in?

>>74008022
How big is specific ocean?

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>tfw to intelligent to watch ape hoop

because the players would be like "seriously nigga? we ain't in college no mo s.m.h."

>>74006162
>82 games
>LeBeta already doesn't even try half the regu;ar season

>>74008087
Moving screens are illegal

>>74006691
Offside doesn't apply to your own half or to backpasses.

>>74009249
It doesn't apply if you weren't in front of the ball at the moment it was passed.

>>74006653
This. The NBA is an entertainment league almost as ridiculous as the Harlem Globetrotters. Defense is something that smallbrain basketball fans can't understand or enjoy.