611 (poster) flashed some hypothetical (personal dream) starting lineup of Reed, Solo, Stew, Ross & Silas. That is not a starting 5 I'm doing jumping jacks over.
Gotcha. Yeah, there's no way Ross and Stewart are starting together. I think there's a good chance Stewart starts and I expect he makes a leap.
Bouknight was suspended to start the season for some seriously bad behavior, he was always going to get big minutes.
Furphy plays on his national team, not a high school team like Nowell did. I was never expecting much from Nowell after I saw him in a few games.
Say what?
I can’t tell who makes more off the wall takes between 611 and Nelson. I thought 611 used to make some really good posts until recently.
Love is great but can they improve enough to start. That is what we need strong fast defense and offensive players !!
611 is borderline freescooter level crazy
Sounds a bit like Andre Jackson lite, which would be a nice piece for the team. Last 2 years had a "wing/guard" shut down defender in the starting lineup (Andre/Castle) and it really impacted opponents offense.
I’ll take the bet that Ross isn’t starting, what are the terms?
Maybe, there’s just not a clear path for him if Mullins or Stew is backing up the wings, and we bring in a backup pg. Then you consider Hurley asked Ross to come back and fill out the rotation it would seem. Not sure where his minutes come from unless he breaks out in practice and surpasses some locked in rotation guys.
You're isolating one play? How about metrics on the entire season? Ross had the worst DPPR on the team, and overall worst BPR by a fairly wide margin. Ball & Stewart were the next two. So yeah, let's roll out that sophomore leap lineup and see if we can stop anyone, again. A major critique last year on Hurley's roster management was putting too much stock in the sophomore class, and here we are again waiting for a re-leap.
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You keep bringing this up and your recounting of it gets more and more outlandish each time. This is the quote from one person in this discussion of one play.
Yeah, but at least 611 is brave enough to be crazy here ALL the time. Scooter only shows up on rainy days to be crazy. Hmm, have they ever been seen in the same place at the same time?
I try not to block anyone cause it ruins the flow of threads. But in the case of 611, he’s wrong about this Ross thing, but this fanbase gets way too offended when someone dares share a differing take from the established consensus, not just on the boneyard. I just wish people could keep threads on topic, this is where we should be debating Ross.
Freescooter is not posting a lot on here like 611. I wouldn’t put 611 in Freescooter region as he still likes UConn and Hurley. Freescooter I think is a Syracuse fan pretending to like UConn. LOL! That is why I went with Nelson who has some off the wall takes.
I think there's a path to 10 minutes between the 1 and 2 spots for him even with a backup PG coming in, assuming he's ready. And there's no reason to think he won't be even if he's a little skinny
I think Ross can still get time for us but I wonder if it is at the 4 and not the 3 with our current lineup setup. Either way he ia backup right now.
Nah will have Mullins who needs minutes at the 2 and I’m sure we will get a decent backup PG who will also need minutes Why do you think Ross can even play the 1? Because he played alright in 1 game but didn’t do anything really good in the away Marquette game. He also has a very inconsistent outside shot.
The conversation is about Darius Adams
Not going to relitigate the whole thing. I still think it was a bad play (even you felt it was a “weird rotation” in that discussion) and certainly not his only bad defensive play. I’ve also been very consistent in my view that I think he could turn into a very good defender due to his tools and some flashes he’s shown. I’m hoping he can take that step and be at least a defensive stopper off the bench because our bench for next year is currently missing that. If you end up right, all the better for the team next year.
Ok. I'm not high on Darius making a contribution this year from videos I have seen and what I read but maybe he is better than we think. I personally don’t see much time for him unless Hurley sees him as backup PG. He won’t get any meaningful playing time at the 2 with Ball and Mullins on this roster.