Don't Zone Out

For all you old school Chuck Taylor wearing, concrete courts and chain net street ballers, sporting high white socks and wave caps; could you imagine playing zone defense in a street game. NEVER. That's like a cat chasing a dog.
I remember back in the day if you didn't have any "D", you might as well kiss the courts goodbye cause nobody was gonna pick you up.
Gary "the glove" Payton , was one of those cats that would shut you down, call the police cause when he's on the court its a proven fact that he will steal. The NBA game was built on 5 players matching up and playing one on one defense.
For some reason a group of cats (the NBA Competition Committee) in 2001 decided the game was not being played the way most experts felt it should be played and that a more free-flowing, up-tempo type of game should be showcased. So the answer that these so called experts came up with was "zone defense in the NBA."
The concept of guarding areas instead of players should be left in the high school and college gyms. It is largely viewed as a gimmick to be avoided in a league in which nearly everyone agrees that each player should be held accountable for guarding his own man.