In the NBA, there are teams which you can play drop defense against, and there are teams you can’t. The LA Clippers are most certainly a team you want to avoid playing drop defense against, yet on Monday night, with both Al Horford and Robert Williams ruled out, that’s exactly what the Boston Celtics were forced to do.
Blake Griffin and Luke Kornet are both serviceable big men, capable of making an impact on the boards, creating space via screens, and hitting their open jumpers — but they are not mobile big men, thus forcing you to incorporate a drop system to keep them on the court.