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AG/JA/Purv/Enoch/Brimah is my starting lineup. Still expect i big jump for Enoch from last year. Guy has a good attitude and work ethic

If the Facey/Brimah spacing is bad, what in the hell will Enoch/Brimah look like?

I think we'll probably start the season with a big starting lineup of Adams/Purvis/Larrier/Facey/Brimah, but with some quick substitutions to get Gilbert into the game and to go small, like JC would do in 2011. By the end of the year, we could keep the same starters, but distribute the minutes differently, or (my preference) go small off the bat.
 
Is it? I could easily see JA/Purv/Larrier/Facey/Brimah as well.

It won't be our best lineup, nor the one we see in February, but I'd put money on this being the starting lineup our first few games.
 
I mean it would be great if someone stepped up to take the 4 by storm, or in turn Kentan improved enough to make us forget about the spacing debacle which it would be if both he and Brimah are the same players. I agree with some we that we may see the JA, Rodney, TL, Kelis Fisher and AB to start but someone will change the staffs mind. So many variables into what can and will occur before the opening tip and even beyond, the speculation is all over the place. I mean if Juwan is healthy this may change it immediately. Let's see what unfolds, kind of exciting to see who jumps out of the group of "maybes" to take a spot or 2.

As far as DHam, nice player with a tomn of potential. Not sure if it's NBA potential or just would have been a good college player. But as far as this overrating his value, we'll be fine. Miss his rebounding - hell yeah. But in turn someone may guard their guy a little longer and stop him when they don't cheat to get the rebound? It happened no doubt, saw it. And the 2.5 TO's a game can be improved. He did some nice things but when he got into the lane he rarely passed to the open shooter on the wing tending to usually throw it up to AB or even turn it over. Hey, the guy shot .380 and .387 form the field in his 2 years, we will improve on that I believe. .343 and 331 from 3 not too bad, hit some big ones so someone will need to step up. All in all I think we have the roster to negate or improve his loss.
 
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AG/JA/Purv/Enoch/Brimah is my starting lineup. Still expect i big jump for Enoch from last year. Guy has a good attitude and work ethic
Except Enoch can't guard anything but an immobile 5.

You're also forgetting this guy named Terry Larrier
 
"True point guard" is ridiculous hokum. It's meaningless. He played point guard very well at Seton Hall.

The concept of positions in general are fairly antiquated. The only time I really care about position labels these days is on the other end.
 
I'm nervous Adams will need a year to really develop into the man. Both Walker and Bazz struggled with that jump from talented, raw spark plug to leading man. He's got the right supporting cast with the leadership from Purvis and the (hopefully) spark plug that AG can provide.
 
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Best player on the team next year. Lottery pick.

If he shoots 35% plus from 3 and 48-50% overall he may turn into a prime time looker. Too many TO's and bad decisions last year but as Crack and you believe, if he jumps as he may we will all be happy for him because this team could be special.

So many if's but the good news is there's a lot of good players who can fill those ifs in.
 
Adams, Purvis, Larrier, and Brimah should be locks to start. Between Facey and Gilbert for the 5th spot.
 
I think the reason Gilbert needs to start is he will hands down be the best 'pg' on the roster, coming into college adams was a combo guard and he is still learning the nuances of being a primary ball handler imo. Gibbs was a great shooter and pretty underrated in that regard, but he struggled to get by defenders with his first step( watch him vs frank mason) ... nobody is stopping AG with a full head of steam either in transition or the half court. KO could tweak the line up ,like bringing size (facey) in for AG after a few minutes, I just think 'cold starts' are a bigger issue than not being able to rebound early.

Also i wouldn't be so quick to call adams uconns best player, i mean, isn't larrier the only guy getting legitimate first round buzz? I have raised my expectations of him quite a bit after all that scout feedback from draft net.
 
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whether he starts or not I'm confident Gilbert will on the floor at the end of games.

Will be interesting to see how improved Enoch is. Can he guard anything other than 5's? Can he hit a 15-17 footer?

Maybe Facey Makes a jump. Kinda think at this point we can't expect a huge jump.
 
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whether he starts or not I'm confident Gilbert will on the floor at the end of games.

Will be interesting to see how improved Enoch is. Can he guard anything other than 5's? Can he hit a 15-17 footer?

Maybe Facey Makes a jump. Kinda think at this point we can't expect a huge jump.

bingo he's senior. He's very effective as a ball chaser off the bench for 10-15 as a backup 5 , but nothing else. I also doubt enoch made a big enough jump to receive 20+ mpg, that would be a serious leap. and its not a giffey situation where he went and played vs the best in europe,he is coming back from a division b fiba tourney. I see enoch getting the same minute allotment as last year, which isn't necessarily a bad thing i mean the kid never had a post grad year.
 
AG/JA/Purv/Enoch/Brimah is my starting lineup. Still expect i big jump for Enoch from last year. Guy has a good attitude and work ethic
What!!!!!! Enoch over Terry Lairrer. Your on something
 
I'm not super confident we'll play more up tempo. We just lost a guy who was great at rebounding and pushing the ball himself. Without solid rebounding and good outlet passes it will be hard to play faster, regardless of how fast JA and AG are with the ball in their hands.
Pretty much agree. It doesn't matter how quick you are a pass is faster. Agree rebounding and outlet passes start the break much better than taking the ball end to end.
 
What!!!!!! Enoch over Terry Lairrer. Your on something

If AG doesn't start, which i think he absolutely will, then OK try starting Larrier at small forward and push JA and Purvis to guards. I however think Ollie is going to play much more small ball and pressure defense this season, and then mix and match depending on opponents strengths and match ups.

There is absolutely no way Larrier should be playing any PF this season with his frame. The guy missed a full season of in game experience, which I'm sure is going to show early in the season with a lack of poise. He's going to need to prove himself before he starts in my opinion. Plus the defensive combo and speed of AG/JA/Purvis is going to be the backbone of this team this upcoming season. Start there and then work off of it....

Also don't know why you're against starting Enoch. He's our biggest guy with the highest potential for defense rebounds, which was clearly our achilles heel last season. Showed flashes of greatness and athleticism past season just needs to get his timing and defensive rotation down
 
I think the line up and expectations could all change if Durham is healthy. We will have to wait and see. For now anyone's speculation could come true, the spots are opened for someone to take them. Besides Jalen, Rodney (maybe best as 6th man?) and AB anything can happen. We can't leave a hungry Jackson out and AG isn't going to make it easy to not have him running the team.
 
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