1. Whoops, you just dribbled right into a double team.

2. He no longer draws the double-team effectively and lacks the movement necessary to be the otherworldly defensive presence he was for nearly a dozen years.

3. "Instead of dribbling the ball up where guys can pressure me, I can catch the ball out of a double-team from Shaq, become a shooter or drive, " James said.

4. This allows shooting by Dirk no small influence in the single defense, Dirk shot in 6 of while opponents have double-team or defense in when Nowitzki hit just one of the 6 shots.

5. Bigs [ILLUSTRATION FOR DIAGRAM 8 OMITTED]: To fight fire with fire, you may double-team across the lane with your other post player (x4) and have the guard (x3) drop to cover the power forward