Keefe
Best part of Al's D was when full court press was used. They delivered on high % when they went full court or half court trap. Simply amazing how it could change a game in 10 seconds.
Have to be honest, I love Rick Pitino's D because I believe it is modern day version of Al used to do. Nothing rocks the joint like high pressure, trapping D.
My favorite team was the 1975/76 team. That team did press and was good at it. Part of the reason it was good was Ellis played back protecting against the long inbounds pass. Whitehead and Lee were reasonably quick, but Walton and Tatum were extremely quick.
Whitehead vs. Fischer, Watlon vs. Wilson, Lee vs. Carter are probably similar in quickness.
Tatum vs. Cheatham there is no question that Tatum was quicker.
Ellis vs. ?. Maybe one of the possibilities could keep up with Ellis quickness wise, but they are nowhere near his length.
I do not actually remember, but it would make sense to me that Whitehead was on the in bounder using his size to harass the in bounder.
