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Who guards who — pick an offense and a defense (or a game) for the likely defensive assignments, from this season's matchups + roles. Swap any player to explore.
Assignments are the likely ones, not a guarantee — coaches switch, and a cross-match can rearrange a night. Any player can be swapped to explore an alternative, which is the point of the board: seeing what happens to a matchup when the primary defender is moved somewhere else.
Who guards who. Pick an offense and a defense, or a game from the slate, and the board lays out the defensive assignments each side is likely to use, built from how those teams have actually matched up and the roles each player fills.
Assignments are the likely ones, not a guarantee — coaches switch, and a cross-match can rearrange a night. Any player can be swapped to explore an alternative, which is the point of the board: seeing what happens to a matchup when the primary defender is moved somewhere else.
Derived from the current season’s observed matchups combined with each player’s role, so a defender who has taken the toughest assignment all year is placed on it here rather than assigned by position label.
For anyone whose read on a player depends on who is checking him, and for spotting the nights when a primary defender is occupied elsewhere.