Chief’s Briefs - Kansas Edition

[Chief00]

Very pleased with the performance last night. 9pm is too late for me, so I rolled out of bed at 3:57 to come downstairs and watch the boys before work..

Mullins is exactly who I expected him to be, I was very impressed with his on-ball defense in the exhibition way back, I expect we will see that attention to detail on defense when that ankle is truly 100%. Shot looks outstanding, and my knees would have been knocking at the FT line but he nailed them.

Karaban looked very athletic going to the rim and finishing, very pleased - I felt he slowed down as the season went on last year.

I fought the Jayden Ross stuff for 3 years now, I did not think he was good enough to play at this level and I couldn't have been more wrong. The 3 against Arizona was a big time shot, he also had a great layup to finish there as well. He seems to be the glue guy that Stewart can't seem to be. I've been a fan of Stewart from jump, I just wish he could be more consistent and fill the stat sheet a bit better.

Reibe impresses me more every time out. Considering the age and situation, he was phenomenal last night.

I said to my wife this morning (a Duke honk) that I truly don't know who beats this team when we are fully healthy.

Can we get fully healthy?

We will never fully understand our health given Hurley’s injury transparency.

 

[Chief00]

This calls for an updated rotation projection:

Silas 25 / Smith 15
Ball 30 / Silas 5 / Mullins 5
Mullins 25 / Ross 15
Karaban 35 / Stew 5
Reed 25 / Reibe 15

35: Alex
30: Silas / Ball / Mullins
25: Reed
15: Smith / Ross / Reibe
5: Stew

Move 5 minutes from Karaban to Reed assuming Reed get healthy and fouls less. Unfortunately teams will test his health giving him even more foul exposure. I think given our roster the length Stewart gives us is underestimated, yet I agree he needs to fill the boxscore more.

 

[Chief00]

I hope you’re right. Danny can be pretty hesitant to change the starting lineup. I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes a Samson Johnson/Reed kind of thing where loyalty to the guy who stayed when he could have left trumping on court performance

The other thing is when you have a shooter of Mullins caliber his teammates need to have awareness of that and built that into their own shot selection when Mullins is on the court.

 

[Chief00]

Mullins looked legit and healthy. He needs to be in the starting lineup Friday. Its time to let him loose. Idc about loyalty to Swewart, he did not make the jump from last year we were all hoping. Hes a good piece to have off the bench with Ross.

Also to my untrained eye, Malachi took over the PG spot in the 2nd half from Sylas. A lil surprising and i dont think it was all from foul trouble. Sylas had a bad game but a monster offensive board and put back late in the game.

I can't wait to see this team 100% humming and healthy. Please no more injuries.

Smith has risen some at PG, we will be using him more than I thought.

 

[Chief00]

Anyone who comes on this board and say they were right about Mullins being great is the rooster taking credit for the sunrise. Hurley has been saying this since day one. Yes, it was nice to see it with our own eyes. But Hurley has talked up Mullins from day one so the WHOLE WORLD knew it. Duh.

I could give you examples of Hurley building up a player who did not pan out - remember our starting point guard last season - Mahaney.

 

[Chief00]

His defense is surprisingly good IMO. Seems to keep his man in front of him for the most part.

Has good movement without the ball, and all this against a tough opponent on the road. Nice rebounding too.

Against KS, Mullins defense and rebounding were solid.

 

[coachn]

Against KS, Mullins defense and rebounding were solid.

Hurley had him out for 10 after allowing blow by.in first half. He seams to nave got message.

 

[djct1999]

Ross and Stewart are lossing minutes to Mullins. Neither of them has made the statistical leap we needed.

Mullins is the best player on this team right now.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

We will never fully understand our health given Hurley’s injury transparency.

Personally I'm good with that. We really don't need to know and our opponents absolutely should be kept in the dark.

 

[RuffRuff]

This calls for an updated rotation projection:

Silas 25 / Smith 15
Ball 30 / Silas 5 / Mullins 5
Mullins 25 / Ross 15
Karaban 35 / Stew 5
Reed 25 / Reibe 15

35: Alex
30: Silas / Ball / Mullins
25: Reed
15: Smith / Ross / Reibe
5: Stew

This actually looks about right. For anyone contesting would like to know what looks wrong and the rationale to why it should be different in making it a better team.

 

[MexicoHusky]

some don't enjoy Chief or his briefs. Although that sentiment has lessened over the past couple years. Personally, I love the Chief's Briefs. It's my favorite post game analysis.

Am I wrong that the other day his brief got merged into the general postgame thread? I was a bit insulted. For me the Chief's Briefs are a brand that's part of the Boneyard. Not quite as rooted as the Pizza thread, but it's definitely not some random post game post.

 

[Milo65]

Ross and Stewart are lossing minutes to Mullins. Neither of them has made the statistical leap we needed.

I love Stewart, but I agree. He defends better, and sets screens, but somewhere along the way he moved away from his strengths offensively. Instead of going to the hoop or looking for the midrange jumper, he sets up at the 3. Not sure if this is by design, but he is a streaky 3 pt shooter at best.

 

[Chief00]

I love Stewart, but I agree. He defends better, and sets screens, but somewhere along the way he moved away from his strengths offensively. Instead of going to the hoop or looking for the midrange jumper, he sets up at the 3. Not sure if this is by design, but he is a streaky 3 pt shooter at best.

We are at our worse with mediocre or streaky 3 pt shooters shooting and rushing 3’s at high volumes. It also puts us at an even greater foul shot attempt disadvantage.