Why do some guys won't defend in basketball?

[iamgine]

This might be NBA related although I'm talking more about outside the NBA.

In my rec games, we have this guy who when defending people, will give him 2 feet of space before lazily move forward and don't even put up his hand.

We have another guy who can leap very high and would get plenty of rebounds but won't challenge shots when a guard slips by. He could be a decent rim protector/help defender but just won't do it.

[Celtics 1825]

Because they're lazy fvcks that's why

[Bawkish]

make the wager/bet bigger, though it depends

kids from my hood will gladly lose a tooth or get into fistfights for a liter of soda as a wager/bet

[iamgine]

make the wager/bet bigger, though it depends

kids from my hood will gladly lose a tooth or get into fistfights for a liter of soda as a wager/bet

I mean, it's not lack of motivation since they seem to be very motivated on offense and are fighting for rebounds

[Manny98]

When i had shit stamina i used to not play defense to conserve energy for offense

[Draz]

Not where I am. Everyone D's me the fck up

[dunksby]

Not where I am. Everyone D's me the fck up

Are you in a prison?

[DaHeezy]

OP side note. I thought you were white. Your grammar comes off ethnic. What nationality are you? If I had to take a guess I'd say Filipino.

[Rolando]

When i had shit stamina i used to not play defense to conserve energy for offense

This exactly. That's what I do.

[And1AllDay]

To save energy becos every body wanna be a scoring killer like Bron nowadays nobody wants to player defense too just one side of the ball

[highwhey]

Not where I am. Everyone D's me the fck up

you

[fiddy]

When i had shit stamina i used to not play defense to conserve energy for offense

Came to say something similar. Hate being drained on offense, it affects every aspect of your game.

[Hawker]

I assume it's because most people aren't great shooters so they are likely to miss and you get the rebound. Just gotta defend around the basket.

[TheMan]

To save energy becos every body wanna be a scoring killer like Bron nowadays nobody wants to player defense too just one side of the ball

Including Bran himself

Besides nobody wants to play with a ball hogging stat padder

[tpols]

i dont think leaping high has much to do with defense... IQ, general length, and willpower have more to do with it. look at tim duncan.