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My “Shake it up” proposals

I think a little more bench time for Karaban might be in order.

Defensively, he’s not very good yet and he taking more shots than Sanogo fairly often.

Neither one of those things is desirable - those 30+ minute games are a little expensive.
 
Fishy said:
I think a little more bench time for Karaban might be in order.

Defensively, he’s not very good yet and he taking more shots than Sanogo fairly often.

Neither one of those things is desirable - those 30+ minute games are a little expensive.
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I do think the number of minutes could negatively affect him over time, and certain players (Hopkins, Kaluma) are tough for him defensively. I certainly don’t mind the number of shots he is taking, though. He’s shooting 37% from 3, 66% from 2, and 82% on free throws. He’s taking 17% of shots when he’s on the floor, compared to 31% for Sanogo and 28% for Hawkins.
 
I like the idea of starting HD and Samson. We need help defensively more than anything. Bring the AK/DC combo off the bench together. Newton needs to come off the bench until he gets his act together.
 
UcannUconn said:
I like the idea of starting HD and Samson. We need help defensively more than anything. Bring the AK/DC combo off the bench together. Newton needs to come off the bench until he gets his act together.
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Our D has been terrible but so has our offense. I thought we we were supposed to have shotmakers this year but our shooting splits in BE play are worse than last year.
 
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Our best passers are Karaban, Calcaterra, Clingan, Ajax and probably Hawkins. I'd like to see them on the court together for more than 1 game to see if they can work together. Sub Sanogo for either Clingan or Karaban. Our guard situation is a mess after that but bring in Newton first. I just think good passers playing together help each other exponentially. Give it a shot and throw some zone against certain teams.
 
I don’t know what to do but I really think we need a shake up in the backcourt. Can’t guard anyone and the beautiful ball movement we had in Portland is gone.
 
Fishy said:
That should have happened against St. John’s.
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I think this is it.

Offensively it almost doesn't matter what changes we make unless one of Newton/Diarra becomes the BE caliber PG we need them to be and we hit some open shots. Until then, going big or staying with our lineup isn't going to matter at all. We can't get to the rim at all, can't create our own shots and Danny's sets have been completely figured out. It's a personnel issue.

On defense I think there's some hope. Switch to zone sometimes to prevent the lay up lines, and hope that it triggers your fast break a bit. DC is a good enough rebounder to cover up that flaw in the zone, and we have a bunch of length.
 
MrSec224 said:
Im gonna go with a crazy proposal

Back to the starting lineup we used to open the PK

Newton - Alleyne - Hawkins - Karaban - Sanogo

I believe Alleyne playing with the starters may unlock him a bit. Next to Diarra he has to force shots and it just doesnt work.

Then you have Clingan - Andre - Joey - Diarra off the bench. That is all energy and chaos. Loved the feel of Andre off the bench and it just feels like it injects change to the starters and the bench
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Alleyne has done nothing and I mean NOTHING to warrant starting. I get trying something new, but if I was his teammate and I saw him starting I'd be pissed.
 
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Hurleyman216 said:
Starting with AJax on the bench isn’t the worst idea I’ve heard. It will at least keep him from picking up 2 fouls in the first 2 minutes. Also gives him the chance to see how tight the refs are calling things. Then bring him in with Joey C and Clingan and keep rolling
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AJ would make the ultimate team sacrifice. Not sure it will happen though.

Makes me wonder, has there ever been a noteworthy Captain of a team 'demoted' to the bench (any sport)?
 
Ports21 said:
Alleyne has done nothing and I mean NOTHING to warrant starting. I get trying something new, but if I was his teammate and I saw him starting I'd be pissed.
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Couldn't agree more. He has done nothing to deserve minutes, let alone starting. Playing him more will only serve to decrease our ball movement and increase our stupid overly aggressive perimeter defense
 
aburks41 said:
Still think the best (only) way to solve the dribble penetration is to have Samson/Sanogo and Clingan/Karaban be the defensive rotation. One of Samson and Clingan have to be on the court at the same time if our guards are going to continue getting beat. We need Samson to come back, like now.
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Samson was practicing on 3rd team, wight Hurleys kid at donor practices preseason. Dont look for him to be a BigEast defensive rotation stalwart.
 
NotADime89 said:
Samson started game 1 before he got hurt. I'd expect him to be part of the rotation
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He will get some minutes. Especially now while we are flailing like turtle on its back, but not as many as you think.

Oh and by the way:

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August_West said:
You gonna challenge me to HS hoops level now? I love when you do that, Al Bundy.
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What's your issue with me? It was a rebuddle to what someone else said about not playing organized basketball why are you getting involved?
 
NotADime89 said:
What's your issue with me? It was a rebuddle to what someone else said about not playing organized basketball why are you getting involved?
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No Issue.

Just this:

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season 3 dance GIF by Portlandia
 
NotADime89 said:
That's an awesome gif of you dancing around this morning! Love it!!! You'll have to teach me how to create my own gifs sometime
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I could, but you might not grasp it.
 
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I feel like OP has things backwards. Our absolute worst lineups have come with Jackson at the 4.

Once Johnson is back and ready, I'd start this lineup
Newton
Hawkins
Karaban
Johnson
Sanogo

Until then I'd still consider having Jackson come off the bench. Want to see what Newton does without him and with Diarra or Alleyne.
 
alphasigko said:
I like most of it except moving Diarra the the 1. IMO from what we have seen he has zero skills at completing a drive for a score. I like the other parts of your proposal.
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Also, have you noticed that when Diarra has the point, he brings the ball up slowly to the frontcourt, and then he dribbles out past the arc for at least 10 seconds before passing it. We have lost the quick ball movement that was apparent earlier in the season. Fewer players are involved in each offensive set.
 
Okafour rings said:
Also, have you noticed that when Diarra has the point, he brings the ball up slowly to the frontcourt, and then he dribbles out past the arc for at least 10 seconds before passing it. We have lost the quick ball movement that was apparent earlier in the season. Fewer players are involved in each offensive set.
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Yes, offensively he's essentially Gaffney with a better handle, and maybe a worse shot. But I don't see the off the ball movement we had earlier either. Guys just standing around. Too much weave, too many ball screens. Everyone blaming the PG play, but the reality is, the offense is designed not to need a PG. It needs loads of off the ball motion and movement of the ball crisply through the air.

Look how different it looked against Iowa State, a good defensive team.
 
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