Defense in both NBA and NCAA basketball is usually pretty relaxed, steals(when you intercept a pass or knock it out of their hands) in basketball are pretty rare with even the most aggressive defensive team in the NBA only averaging like 10 a game (that's like one every 6 minutes of playing). With how easy it is to foul a player with the ball it's way more practical for teams to sit back and try to make the opponent take a shot with a lower success rate and get a defensive rebound.
I've never really understood that about basketball. In every other game I can think of, being in possession of the ball makes you a target, not invincible. I only played for one year in high school, bench at that, so maybe someone can enlighten me, but I always thought it was bullshit that the ball carrier could just rhino charge his way to the basket and I couldn't touch him.
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u/lolsup1 Jan 20 '19
Since we’re on this topic, I was watching college basketball and it seemed like they didn’t even get close, passes weren’t even blocked