My favorite moment in the latest episode of the #SoWizards podcast came when I asked bballbreakdown’s Coach Nick about the Wizards soft switching. As we talked, Nick pulled up video I’d described and blurted out, “Oh that’s a problem.”
The basic question that took up the bulk of our time was why the Wizards defense has been so bad this season. The answer leapt off his screen when he reviewed the video: they’re helping from one pass away. Other stuff too, but that’s the team’s scheme this season, and it’s the root cause of giving up open threes, and the mad scramble that gives opposing teams easy scores and domination on the offensive glass.