While it leans on college loyalties, The Basketball Tournament is driven by professional basketball.
The best teams are loaded with pros – current ones playing overseas and/or ex-NBA athletes – and the style of play is influenced by the pro game. Screen for the dribbler. Create mismatches. Drive to the basket or shoot three-pointers.
The AfterShocks roster is built with that strategy in mind, as it was last summer. Three former Shockers on the team excel at switching assignments on defense to combat ball screens. Zach Brown, Rashard Kelly and Markis McDuffie form the team's first line of defense with their hustle, size and quickness.