Defense & Rebounding
Paint Sitting
noun / verbcommunity slang
Keeping a defender near the basket instead of following an assignment to the perimeter.
Paint sitting protects against drives and inside bigs but gives shooting bigs open space. The phrase may describe smart scheme discipline or lazy defense depending on the matchup.
Used in a sentence
“Their center is paint sitting, so make the pop pass.”
Also written paint sit · paint sitter
Can be criticism or praise depending on who is saying it.