If our bigs run, he'll need to keep up.
Need to create the mismatch on the break and in transition. Hurley will sub Donovan 8-10 minutes in like any other game, regardless of how well Edey is doing. When that happens Samson needs to beat Edey down the court, especially after defensive rebounds by our bigger guards. It needs to look like a 5 on 4 assault, like when Nelson "dunked" on Clingan when Tristan hit the floor.
Clingan won't be effective for 40 straight minutes. The same logic as someone posted about Edey being conditioned to pace himself for 40 minutes, Clingan is most certainly not. Need to force Edey out of his rhythm, and we do that by doing what we've done for two years straight--two headed attack at the 5.
Right. If Clingan gets tired, he becomes foul-prone.
I'd play it like a hockey team does just getting in his way whenever possible during transitions. It's something anyone on the court can do whenever it doesn't interfere with defensive assignments. Make him think he's running an obstacle course. Even if it doesn't tire him physically it can have an effect and maybe draw a foul or two.
We shot 10/25 (40%). We don't really need to shoot better than that, just perhaps more evenly spread out those 10 makes over the course of the game.
If Edey somehow gets in foul trouble, we will win by at least 20. Their entire offense revolves around him, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Dare I say copy Michigan State's blueprint in 2009 that they used against UConn and Thabeet. It was to run and speed up the tempo to tire out Thabeet. I would also add use Clingan or Johnson, whoever Edey is guarding in pick and rolls or dribble hand offs and shoot because Edey will be standing in the middle of the paint and won't come out to defend them. Remember, it's Edey's last college game. He will push through playing 40 minutes if he has to.
We should just PNR him to death. We have the ball handlers and shooters. Clingan and Samson get up high enough to safely lob it to them over Edey. His ability to defend that is what his NBA future hinges on, and it’s why people are most skeptical of him
I mean, two of those makes were in quasi-garbage-time (Spencer's in actual garbage time), but even 35% shooting should be good enough to neutralize Edey when we're not running.
Absolutely. Just look at the size of Edey's legs. It's biomechanics and lactic threshold. The kid is unbelievable, but he's human and will reach his own personal lactate breakpoint when our two acrobats in the front court rim run. If he doesn't sit, cool stay in the game gassed giving up bucket after bucket trailing on the break or being attacked in drop coverage.
