The Eagles' defense is indeed one of the strongest in the League.
Head coach Mike Fratello has toiled for many years in Atlanta, establishing a solid and aggressive defensive system.
Fratello has served as an assistant to many well-known coaches such as Hubie Brown, Carpanelli, Tom Carmody, and others—all of these NBA and college coaches are exceptions when it comes to emphasizing defense.
Fratello has established for the Eagles a defense with the Twin Towers as its core, which features tight trapping and excellent rotations—especially their trapping defense, which could be the best in the entire League.
The most difficult part of trapping is that when you play two against one, one opponent is inevitably left unguarded; the defensive side has to figure out how to cover this vulnerability with good formation and timely rotation.
