Jackson, Martin and Whaley bring too many overlapping qualities and all lack enough offense to justify keeping all three on the court together, much less starting.
Agree. The sky is not falling, but I think a little shakeup is needed to inject some more life into the team. If Hawkins is going to play a key role next season, you might as well try and get him some more minutes now, especially If hes playing well.
He has our quickest release and isn’t hesitant to shoot. He’s looked shaky with his handle, but it’s clear he’s still confident in his shot.
This is the problem with our starting lineup and our team. Hard to beat a good team with a lineup that can't score enough points.
Sounds familiar on this team.
Nice to see Hawkins hit a few 3s. it would be better if he actually did it when the game was still in doubt.
Yep I think starting Hawkins and letting him play though his mistakes is the key. He even had a nice drive and dish to Whaley for a basket.
AJ isn't that great passing as for every highlight reel pass he makes a boneheaded one. AJ needs to work on his midrange jump shot so when he gets in the lane he doesn't always have to make that ugly floater he does. Now maybe AJ can play point when RJ is on the bench and you bring in Hawkins off the bench. I just don't want to see Gaffney out there again.
It’s fine. And I was just texting someone about that . And overall I agree, but look at today as microcosm. First half game in balance, not good. At all. Really bad actually. Top 3 defensive errors on season, so bad that mild mannered Polley pointed at him and said “wtf” ( and we made another of top 3 in same game not involving him)……… 2nd half down 23 , no pressure, no fear, he was outstanding to the point of being our best player on both ends.and not just for 3 shooting. This is tough.
Please, yes!
He’s had rough patches for sure. One of his defensive lapses today was especially glaring. Still, I only think he’ll improve by playing more. There is some risk to playing a young guy, but also considerable upside. We also need to know what to expect from him next year.
If this next week is similar to the last week we probably slide into a position where we are playing for next year. At that point pretty much all the freshman deserve more minutes. In particular Hawkins.
