This also be a situation where KO didn't want to rock the boat at all with Adams. Adams certainly seems to welcome competition, but it could have sent the wrong signal for KO to keep recruiting point guards with Adams on board. Malik Newman is different as he is more of a pure sg. Adams and Briscoe are somewhat similar, even though they have different styles of play. I love Briscoe's game, so this is slightly dissapointing, but a month ago if you were to say we get either Adams or Briscoe we would all sign up - hard to imagine we would have gotten both. At the very least, this narrows our search a little bit - focus shifting to the Stone/Newman package, D. Jones, Enoch, Comanche, the Giant 7-4 kid, Sharma, etc..
This does make sense, azescobar, supported by the fact that we didn't see any (or many) reports of KO or his staff following him around during the recent hoops events. It might just be that Adams was KO's top PG-Combo target and doesn't want to give Adams any reasons to second guess his decision, but also wants to make sure he carefully fills the future team's needs since he only has a handful of ships to offer right now. We do have a lot of PG-Combo type players that might still be around in the 2015/16 season, and KO is now focusing on the greater needs of a 2G or 2G-Combo (A player like a Ben Gordon who could slide over to the 1 but is a primary scoring guard), and/or a wing, and/or a couple bigs (4s, 5s, or 4/5 combos).
If he only tries to fill the number of ships that are presently available (4) for 2015/15, he's likely going to do some combination of the following:
Already filled:
PG-Combo - Adams
To be filled: (Any 3 of the below, though at least one from each group)
Group 1 (Perimeter Players):
2G
2G-Combo
Wing
Goup 2 (Bigs):
PF-4
C-5
4-5 Combo
My guess is as one of the needs get filled, the above list is adjusted. For example if they were to land Jones (wing) and KO might focus on landing 2 bigs if he feels he has enough perimeter players or he might decide he still wants another guard and will take the best big who is interested. What makes it tricky is the Stone/Newman combination. If KO were to get a verbal from another guard, then that will likely kill the chances of landing those two unless they decide to nix the package. If KO is able to land those two, then he's got a decision to either take Jones if interested or one of the 4 or 4/5 combos, like Enoch. That's why I'd like to see KO get 5 commitments, even though that's not a popular idea, assuming someone will likely move on to either the draft early or decide to go elsewhere to get more PT. Note I'm not encouraging anyone to speculate who that might be, which is frowned upon on the BY, but just about every season going back as far as I can remember, at least one player leaves early for one reason or another of their own accord, and none seem to be forced out.
Thing get a lot easier, though problematic if no one does leave early, to try to land 5 recruits so that he can stock up on a PG-Combo, 2G-Combo, Wing, 4 and a 5. Note that KO seem to often recruit combination-players who can play multiple positions, or many better put, do different things on the court, to provide roster flexibility.
A recruit like Enoch, provides some flexibility since he can probably give you some minutes at a the 5 if needed if his listed height is anywhere close to reality, but due to his skill set to step out and hit long Js, can even use him as a big wing if needed, even though he seems to be best fitted as a stretch-4 from what I've read.
Even Adams provides a lot of flexibility. even though he's recruited as a 1, from what I've seen and read. He's cut from the same mold as a Walker, Bazz & Boat, who can slide over to the 2 spot or the 3rd guard in a 3-G set, where he can be delivered the ball to score or create for himself and score.
