Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Huskyforlife, post: 4671432, member: 3403"] Newton(30) Castle(25) Spencer(30) Karaban(30) Clingan(25) Jobnson(20) Ball(20) Best of: Roumoglou/Ross/Stewart(20) This rotation is for games against good teams, since guessing the average rotation would have to include the blowouts. Newton/Spencer/Karaban are the candidates to lead us in minutes. Spencer and Karaban will need to stay on the floor as our only consistent shooters. Don will not have the conditioning to play 30+ quality minutes at his weight. But I expect Samson to surprise everyone by breaking out as a very solid college big, allowing Don to rest as needed. I think Ball is the most obvious of the remaining freshmen to earn a big role. This spot in the rotation as the first guard off the bench is either his or Diarras, and I expect him to show he’s on another level than Diarra talent wise. I didn’t list him above, but Diarra will play in certain matchups. But I think the team would prefer Ball to simply absorb all those minutes. The 8th and final rotation spot is impossible to project. 3 guys that we’ve never seen play real minutes, but all seem talented on paper. Pasta intrigues me because he stayed. Was he told that his role on next years team would expand? The staff spoke glowingly about him when given the opportunity, he was given ball handling responsibilities during garbage time at 6’7. Everyone was sure him and Hasson were 1 year, practice guys, but it seems as though he exceeded those expectations. I love Ross on paper. Great athlete, developed well as a shooter over the last year. Is he too raw for a serious rotation role in year 1? Finding athletic, 3nD guys at 6’6 is difficult, and we might’ve found a huge steal in Ross for that reason. He’ll play a lot if he is ready, but I’m guessing he might be a year two guy, along with Singare. Stewart feels like the X factor. If he’s ready to make the kinda shots he was taking in high school, he could be a dangerous 6th man scoring threat. His ability to handle the ball at his size makes him another tough matchup for opposing teams on defense, subbing Newton/Castle for Stewart may feel like the Sanogo/Don dynamic of last season, how do teams deal with all that size? His ability to make shots off ball will be crucial, as he’ll need to adjust to not being the freelance artist he’s been for years in high school and AAU. This may be a more awkward adjust for JStew than people anticipate. I’m not sure where he profiles to play on defense. Is he quick enough to guard dynamic playmakers? Tall enough to guard 4s? He’s gonna need to work hard not be someone who is targeted on this side of the ball. Especially because Dan does not have a high tolerance for poor defense. My gut tells me he’s still the leader for that 8th rotation spot. Diarra and Singare round out as the fringe/occasional guys who get in due to foul trouble/injury/situation. The Last scholarship guy I assume will be another practice body, but you never know. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach