It’s obviously the hope but not a guarantee
Thanks, I’m trying to rationalize the depth chart if it doesn’t play out like we all want it to
If we get someone to start at PF than Stewart is playing SF too.
Over the course of the regular season why not? We’ve played 9 what’s one more? Then cut to 8 for the BET. Florida, Auburn, Duke, Bama all played 10 guys maybe they’re onto something.
Ok you can give him 5 of Furphys mins but others are adamant Furphy isnt coming all the way from Tasmania to barely play or not be in the rotation at all
I agree
You got flak cause you have no true concept of how this works. Hurley and Karaban are taking regularly. If Hurley doesn't have an issue, then you shouldn't have an issue.
You love the highly premature minutes allocations. I remember this exercise last preseason and none of it was close to accurate.
The 22-23 team wasn't a "championship roster" either how did that turn out?
That team was anchored by two system freaks of nature in Adama and Ajax.
I remember these same grids last preseason - and they looked the same, and will likewise be totally inaccurate. Save yourself the minutes guesses and just wait to see how it all plays out. We are definitely not going 10 deep when it matters.
And while we didn’t know it yet, that team was also anchored by a guy that would go on to be an elite college pg.
Under McCasland, Texas Tech has become one of my favorite high-majors. Loved him at UNT and I wish him success at Lubbock.
It’s not a championship roster. You can’t lose Alex & just do nothing to replace him. If Alex goes to the NBA, they have to find someone who can come in and immediately be an all conference level type player. That’s a huge hole to fill.
I’m not saying it’s not doable to fill, just saying you can’t take him off the roster, then not replace it, and then suggest it’s a roster that can win a title. Alex provides so much to this team, he is hard to replace because of his experience, leadership, IQ. Down season and he was an all conference player, I’ll take that.
I like when people predict point totals and it shows that we’re going to average 117 points a game.
At the moment we replace him with Stewart - but that doesn’t happen in a bubble. The hope is Solo and Reed get better and we are improved at the 2 and 5, Demary upgrades us at the 1, and Mullins is potentially an upgrade on post-injury McNeeley.
I will say this again-if Stewart is starting, we are not winning the whole thing. He's a sixth man, not a starter, on a title team.
What? Based on what? Do you think Stewart came back to not start? He is fine but I would hope he starts at SF and we find a PF in the portal. I do think we need to get another athletic forward to pair with him to stat but I believe Stewart will be starting the year as of our forwards and with more aggressiveness on scoring I can see him being a Championship player.
That’s not good enough to win a title. Look at the teams that have won it the past 5 years, they’ve been stacked with talent. Everyone keeps pointing to UConn 22-23 but that team had at least 5 NBA players on it, likely 6 with Alex. If Alex is gone, they have to replace that with a top level talent, no way around that if they want to actually make a run at this. You’d basically be getting worse at 2 positions if you’re filling Stewart for Alex directly. Hopefully Alex is back, but if not, they will have to figure out how to find someone ready to play at an all conference level at that spot.
The personnel will dictate. Definitely played 9-10 in hurley first title run. Clingan, alleye, hassan , joey. Who am i missing
Every year posters project a player based on what they've already seen from that player and then every season there are players who improve and take a big leap. I'm sure at this time last season you weren't sold on Solo Ball being the starting 2 guard and averaging almost 15 ppg.
