"My schemes and defensive background is obviously something that interests Jeff. We know what we want to do. We want to protect the paint; and they obviously didn't do a good job of that last year. We just got to try and improve on that. We want to then defend the three, which we have to do a better of that. And then we want to defend without fouling, which I thought getting a taste of these guys in summer league that was one thing we could've done a better job of. And then the most important thing is finishing with the rebounds."

This is exactly what evaded both Sloan and Corbin in terms of defensive approach. This quote understands defensive efficiency and the modern approach on how to achieve that. You have to defend the interior and the 3pt line first, since those are the highest value shots on the floor. Then you have to do so without fouling so the other team can't create value at the line.

I'm majorly on the Longabardi bandwagon at this point.