I think we have seen enough of Ross to know he isn't going to a consistent offensive weapon especially off the dribble . He doesn't have to be with Demary, Mullins, Reed and Karaban out there. He just needs to play great D, get some rebounds, hit the open 3 point shots and give the energy he brings.
The only player dribble driving to the rim is Silas. That’s why he goes to the line with few others besides Reed. We have a bit of a hole on offense with Alex injured. He has to heal and be a factor or we are toast.
Mullins has shown some glimpses driving. I know not effective yet but he has the skills to be a good driver too.
We have a few games to figure it out, within the flow of the offense. Two of those are really hard games.
Correction, they all are going to be hard games or at least I think we have to assume they will be until proven after the fact when the game(s) is over and there is a comfortable win. Don't look now, but Marquette is playing a lot better than they were in Nov-early January. I know they have a crappy record, but that game in Milwaukee will not be easy.
This team needs Jeff Adrien tough
Indeed, yes it does work for those schools. We also must recognize Hurley is not fully transparent about injuries, so hard knowing if Karaban is the answer to anything at the moment - with his leg issue?
Our guards then included Andre Jackson, Stephon Castle, Cam Stewart and Tristen Newton. They all could capably guard multiple positions with their NBA level size and elite athleticism. Additionally we had an NBA raising star level rim protector.
No he seems to pull him after he gets torched on D and isn’t hitting his shots
Excellent point about Big screen setters. Rip use to run off of double Big screens and imagine the wear and tear that took on the defender plus Rip’s elite gifted talent. A lot to be said for getting your best players minutes. And maybe our opponent guards won’t look so forward to taking us off the dribble if they know the Bigs will meet them at the rim. So often with the high hedge no one is home there.
Reed and Reibe move just fine in a true big role. You are pretending these guys on the other teams aren’t 250pds +.
I’m legit baffled you think that Reibe could guard any of the 4s on those teams especially outside the paint. All of whom are first round picks in part bc of their mobility. Reibe struggled with Creightons backup center. Just bc they all weigh the same does not equate to athleticism and mobility.
This convo is moot. Ain’t happening, pointless.
You need to move on from what’s not working, if you don’t have an awareness of that, how can you analyze a future hypothetical?
If it doesn’t happen, we will have an early exit.
Maybe he thinks he can get more weakside blocks. LOL! Yeah the double bigs is definitely not the answer when we need more athleticism on the court for defense and not less. Now that you mention Koroma I wouldn't mind seeing what he can do in limited minutes at the 4 especially with Karaban hurt. I'm sure he will give us more than Stewart is presently giving us.
Nonsense! You are borderline trolling now.
We could put any 4 we wanted next to Clingan and it would have worked.
It works with the right players. Guys with mobility, perimeter skills, or high IQ. So far in this thread we’ve either implied or name dropped Wolf (1st rd pick), Boozer (soon to be lottery pick), Morez Johnson (mock #26), Koa Peat (mock #13), and Alex Condon (mock #42).
The double Bigs help deters drives that killed us last game. The reality is we have guys at all positions who can be beat off the dribble - so the mitigation to that is rim protection and rebound position since we have been out rebounded in recent games.
The Cavs play Mobley and Allen regularly and they do great. The Bucks won a chip with Giannis and Lopez, or Giannis and Portis. The Thunder won a chip with Chet and Hart playing regularly together. Another rim protector at the 4 helps seal up a lot of drives.