Nolan/Amida

[hthusky74]

Frankly, I think either Phil or Tyler will start initially, but Amida will be getting a lot of playing time. By the end of the year, I'm hoping Amida will have developed enough to start. Right now I'm just glad we have four big guys to spread the low post fouls around.

 

[Sportsman5]

Tyler's a known quantity at this point. He's the guy that anchored a front court that ranked 233rd in the country in rebounding last year.

He plays hard, but he's marginal at this level - we need rebounding and he's a guy who will deliver 3.5 rebounds in 20 minutes a game. He's had two double-digit rebound games in his career and they were back to back against Maine and Coppin State two years ago. All things considered, Giffey is a more productive rebounder than Tyler - if he gets 21 minutes again this year, we're not very good.

Far better to sink or swim with the higher upside of Brimah and Nolan and keep Olander as a five-foul plan C at center.

great analysis

 

[huskyharry]

Amida's upside is huge and merits increased minutes just to get him some experience. However, given his propensity to foul (not an uncommon problem for a freshman), his minutes will be limited.
PN clearly looks to be our best rebounder and he is playing with a lot of confidence and clearly he looks a good bit stronger than last year, so based on one scrimmage, he deserves the lion's share of minutes at this point IMHO.
TO didn't play poorly on Wednesday and the way he gets trashed on this board is getting old. I certainly agree that he should not be playing the majority of minutes at this point but he does deserve to be in the rotation.

Kelis Fisher is a freshman, who just played in his first scrimmage. JLamb didn't look ready for big time basketball until nearly half-way through his freshman season, so it is far to soon to criticize the young man. He did show a good knack for rebounding and had a good finish on one drive, shifting the ball from one hand to the other while in the air. He also has very good foot speed for his height, which will come in handy against opponents with bigs who are good perimeter shooters.