Starters
Notes - AG and CV are insufficient at guard together. They dither around the perimeter, cant finish at the rim, and turn the ball over way, way too much. This highly limits both our organic and structured offense. It will not get measurably better, as they are who they are at this point in their development. My lineup changes would give some promising but untested players the ball. My goal is twofold - 1) get more dynamic and complete players on the ball and 2)get players with significant upside and who have already shown growth the opportunity to continue to do so. My changes COULD improve us this year, but definitely WILL improve us for the future.
G - Brendan Adams . He can handle the ball well enough, and gives us someone who can shoot it, drive it, and finish at the rim. I've also been impressed in short bursts how he has handled himself on the ball, his composure, and the force with which he plays. Also, he's a much bigger guy than AG, so he can match up better on defense, theoretically.
G - James Bouknight - He should be starting and playing 30 minutes. He's our best scorer, a sneaky good rebounder and passer. He has the biggest upside on our team on offense, and that's where we need the help, so . Lets get to the task of developing him at warp speed. He needs to be a starter and know that we want him to shoot it 15-17 times a night and lead our offense for the future.
F - Christian Vital - Forget his height. With JB and BA now starting and CVs rebounding he will be fine as a swing player. I'm now listing him as a forward because that is what his skill set says he is. A guy who can't really handle, is bad on the ball, but as a 3 & D guy is awesome. But no dribbling, no setting up the offense, no ball in his hands with less than 5 seconds on the shot clock. That realm belongs to bouknight now and he needs to know it. In this role, 3&D he can thrive for the rest of his career.
F - Akok - Obviously.
F - Porkchop - Ok, now hear me out. Carlton and Porkchop are going to split the bigs minutes. Carlton always starts slow, because he IS SLOW. When other teams have 100% energy he gets swarmed, turns the ball over, and gets beat on defense. Lets start the game with Porkchop in there to at least bring some energy and shot blocking into the mix to match the other teams energy. When the game wears down and settles in a bit, then we bring carlton in when he is rested, and he can make hay against backups or tired players. But Carlton as a starter is not working.
Bench - Gilbert as ballhandler off bench, Gaffney as utility guard, Carlton first big off bench, and Polley swaps with CV so we always have a great spot up shooter on the floor, matchup dependent. Polley off the bench will mean teams can't focus on him as much and should get him some open shots.
