Practice Tonight

[Huskyforlife]

He made a very impressive move in the 2nd period. With someone like him I’m looking for the ability. He has it. He’s going to be a solid rotation piece come BE play

You can tell he has “it.” Might not get tons of run this year with the top 9 seemingly settled, but he’s got obvious offensive ability.

 

[husky429]

Castle looks incredible going towards the rim. Ceiling will be determined by his shot.

Newton looks ready to leap into stardom based on these last 2 open scrimmages.

The freshmen are all impressive athletically, big potential. Thought Singare looked farther along than the St Joes version.

Spencer is automatic when open, but got beat a few times on D.

Quiet night for Samson, but he’s embracing being a big, which I like.

Quiet night for Alex, but he’s automatic when open too. Probably awkward playing right after your wisdom teeth get pulled. I’m sure we’ll see more new developments in his game once the season starts.

Hurley is a funny guy.

Wouldn't worry about Alex. You could see him defering most of the night to yoinger guys, especially Castle. That won't happen come game time.

 

[pj]

This is what we all love to hear:

Why is Donovan holding such a tiny ball?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Who is sitting if he's playing? I'm curious who you thonk our 8-9 are in a close game.

I would say it's less important he is in the rotation right now than it is he can contribute when we have those 3-4 games where injuries and foul trouble make the bench real short.

 

[husky429]

I like him over Diarra

You're comparing a 1 and a 3/4. You didn't answer though. Who are your 9? I suspect his best shot at time will be backing up Karaban because we really don't have one if Johnson is playing like a pure big.

Newton
Cam
Castle
Karaban
Clingan

Stewart
And? I assume Johnson and Ball.

So you'd sit Ross, Singare, Diarra, and the Greek?

 

[superjohn]

You can tell he has “it.” Might not get tons of run this year with the top 9 seemingly settled, but he’s got obvious offensive ability.

Top 9 settled? We haven't played a game yet. Count me in the camp that he's too talented to not be in the rotation this season.

 

[AntG168]

You're comparing a 1 and a 3/4. You didn't answer though. Who are your 9? I suspect his best shot at time will be backing up Karaban because we really don't have one if Johnson is playing like a pure big.

Newton
Cam
Castle
Karaban
Clingan

Stewart
And? I assume Johnson and Ball.

Ball,Newton, Spencer, and Castle can handle the ball handling duties. There’s room for Stewart if Diarra falls out of the rotation. His talent is going to make it hard to keep him on the bench

 

[husky429]

Ball,Newton, Spencer, and Castle can handle the ball handling duties. There’s room for Stewart if Diarra falls out of the rotation. His talent is going to make it hard to keep him on the bench

Ball as the only guard off the bench could get ugly. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Ross looked ( and has looked) much more prepared than Stewart to me.

 

[AntG168]

Ball as the only guard off the bench could get ugly. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Ross looked ( and has looked) much more prepared than Stewart to me.

Stagger Newton and Castle.

And we don’t have to choose between the 2

 

[Huskyforlife]

Newton/Castle/Spencer/Karaban/Clingan

Diarra
Ball
Johnson
Ross

Seems like the clear top 9 imo.

 

[superjohn]

Ball as the only guard off the bench could get ugly. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Ross looked ( and has looked) much more prepared than Stewart to me.

Stewart came a month after everyone else and then missed additional time.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Stagger Newton and Castle.

And we don’t have to choose between the 2

Didn’t see the scrimmage yet, but yeah there’s 3 ball handlers in the lineup already. We can afford if Ball is the only ball handler off the bench.

4 guys off the bench could definitely be Ball, Ross, Stew, Samson if Hurley decides to go that deep.

 

[husky429]

And we don’t have to choose between the 2

Maybe, maybe not. But there's only so many minutes available and Castle and Karaban are probably soaking up 30mpg at the big wing spots. Johnson practiced a bit as a 4 too.

 

[AntG168]

Newton/Castle/Spencer/Karaban/Clingan

Diarra
Ball
Johnson
Ross

Seems like the clear top 9 imo.

That’s not clear at all. We haven’t played a game. Calcaterra was clearly out of the rotation last October as well

 

[JustbrewitMan]

I thought Singare looked better than I expected. Showed a great motor, didn’t seem lost on defense, still pretty raw on offense though he has a good nose for an alley oop.

I think he is more than capable of giving us serviceable spot minutes, if and when needed

 

[AntG168]

Maybe, maybe not. But there's only so many minutes available and Castle and Karaban are probably soaking up 30mpg at the big wing spots. Johnson practiced a bit as a 4 too.

We’d do ourselves a disservice not running Castle significant minutes as the primary ball handler

 

[Huskyforlife]

That’s not clear at all. We haven’t played a game. Calcaterra was clearly out of the rotation last October as well

The only guy in that 9 that remotely has a chance of being played out of the rotation is Diarra. Hurley recently mentioned Ross earned his way into the rotation, so he’s a lock. Samson is the backup center, and Ball is too talented not to play. There’s just not a ton of room to squeeze Stew in, unless he’s beats out Diarra.

 

[AntG168]

The only guy in that 9 that remotely has a chance of being played out of the rotation is Diarra. Hurley recently mentioned Ross earned his way into the rotation, so he’s a lock. Samson is the backup center, and Ball is too talented not to play. There’s just not a ton of room to squeeze Stew in, unless he’s beats out Diarra.

We have zero idea of knowing how the rotation will play out . Guys under perform, guys get injured, and guys come on late. Again all of you would’ve said the same of Calcaterra last off season and he scored 12 in a final 4 game.

Diarra was out of the rotation come final 4 play. Stewart has the talent and ability to beat him out. Btw i love what Diarra brings to the team

 

[husky429]

We’d do ourselves a disservice not running Castle significant minutes as the primary ball handler

He will be the primary ballhandler every second he's on the court without Newton. That much is obvious.

Like I said, agree to disagree. I'll be happy to eat crow if I'm wrong.

 

[Huskyforlife]

We have zero idea of knowing how the rotation will play out . Guys under perform, guys get injured, and guys come on late. Again all of you would’ve said the same of Calcaterra last off season and he scored 12 in a final 4 game.

Diarra was out of the rotation come final 4 play. Stewart has the talent and ability to beat him out. Btw i love what Diarra brings to the team

Yeah but we’re projecting with the information we have. And that information suggests 9 guys have separated themselves so far.

Like I said, I’m with you on Stew, he looks really talented. Won’t be surprised at all if he plays his way onto the court. But my personal opinion of his talent level isn’t swaying my projection.

 

[FlexOnEm]

Newton/Castle/Spencer/Karaban/Clingan

Diarra
Ball
Johnson
Ross

Seems like the clear top 9 imo.

This is correct. Think Hurley said something along the lines of Stewart starting to put it together and him being the 10th man right now. So it’ll be Diarra, Ball, Ross, and Johnson off the bench.

 

[auror]

The only guy in that 9 that remotely has a chance of being played out of the rotation is Diarra. Hurley recently mentioned Ross earned his way into the rotation, so he’s a lock.

In either that or a similar quote he said of Ross "unless he plays himself out of it."

I would not ascribe that to a "lock".

But as of this point and by all comments, he's ahead of Stewart.

 

[auror]

So if I'm reading this right, Spencer made 5 3s?

 

[Son of Robert]

Stewart is going to play. If his rebounding and defense are there, he'll be in the rotation. I actually expect significant minutes for him.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

So if I'm reading this right, Spencer made 5 3s?

Yes, I do believe that is correct