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Can we finally agree that bigs are necessary in basketball?

I don’t know how the 2 bigs would work but those who point to last years lineup with Sanogo and Whaley may not realize in league play so far we are scoring about the same this year as last and giving up about 2 extra points. We are actually shooting at a lower % compared to last year conference play.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
If only 1 big is good, then no bigs must be better by your logic. How did Butler do with no frontcourt today?
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Two bigs could work. To do it Hurley would need to have the team play some kind of zone though. I can't imagine Clingan and Sanogo together being a good thing in a man to man defense.

If you are asking Hurley to throw out lineups with the best players, then Jackson, Hawkins, Karaban, Sanogo and Clingan is the lineup you are asking for. Not sure that has enough spacing on offense to get anything going and it's super slow on defense.
 
auror said:
I haven't made an argument in this thread. All things are situational. I called for playing double bigs before the Providence game and Hurley actually did it that game. It went okay, but not great. Considering our talent, it can be a tool in our toolbox this year, but I do not think it's likely effective or sustainable enough to supplant the starting lineup.
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A coach has to build an offense around the players he has. Hurley needs to build an offense set or sets around Sanogo and Clingan being on the court at once for 5 or 10 minutes a game. He should have come up with this in the summer.

Also, I will ask the question again: When did Calhoun ever let the opposing coach dictate which players he would play?
 
CTMike said:
Nelson arguments invariably involve a red herring, an attempt to display superior intellect that backfires, culminating in personal insults.
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Not you again.

I have been asking you the same question for YEARS. Please show me what your best post looks like. I want to see your A game.
 
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caw said:
Two bigs could work. To do it Hurley would need to have the team play some kind of zone though. I can't imagine Clingan and Sanogo together being a good thing in a man to man defense.

If you are asking Hurley to throw out lineups with the best players, then Jackson, Hawkins, Karaban, Sanogo and Clingan is the lineup you are asking for. Not sure that has enough spacing on offense to get anything going and it's super slow on defense.
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That lineup would bludgeon teams on the boards and always have rim protection. Let the other team take pull-up 2’s. Those are lower expected value shots and a lot of players simply won’t take that shot.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
A coach has to build an offense around the players he has. Hurley needs to build an offense set or sets around Sanogo and Clingan being on the court at once for 5 or 10 minutes a game. He should have come up with this in the summer.

Also, I will ask the question again: When did Calhoun ever let the opposing coach dictate which players he would play?
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So only do what’s astronomically more effective 12 to 20 percent of the time. Got it - it’s all starting to make sense now.
 
Good arguments on both sides…. Not sure playing two bigs would work or not… maybe we will find out
 
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