Johnson isn't going to take minutes from the best shooter/scorer on the team
You're bad!
This is typical. As games get more meaning the bench gets shorter. During the 'win or go home' games the need to rest players is inversely proportional to the need to win.
I get this is there is a if drop off in talent or production. If there is not a significant drop off, I think the advantage gained by fresh legs to wear an opponent down over 40 min of running and tough defense is greater.
He's been unbelievable, anyone who wants to bench him is crazy. He's a perfect fit playing next to everyone on the team
Calipari did that more recently at Kentucky than 96
Nah, there's no way he's only playing 7 this season. We're the deepest team in the country. A lot of teams and pundits talk about depth but they don't have real depth, this team has real depth. If you don't use it we become more ordinary, we wear down like other teams, and we aren't wearing down teams like we should.
Thank you. This was my initial takeaway from your post. I was scratching my head at the outrage it inspired. Your intent seemed pretty clear when you mentioned Samson’s presence negating Joey occasionally getting beat on D.
Exactly. That kind of depth means two things. One, foul trouble isn't nearly as much trouble. Two, in the last 5 minutes of a tight game your guys are all fresh, and with fouls to spare. You shorten the bench when the bench forces you to. Nine or ten deep with no major dropoffs while presenting novel challenges to the opponent (Clingan, Calcaterra, Johnson) is absolutely fine.
As Yogi used to say.. "We have deep depth."
And that’s what we fans have missed, seeing what he can actually do out there. He’s the size of Sanogo with the same skills? More of an outside shooter?
my post said 7 in the tournament 8 in the BET, 10 now. So we agree. We will see 10 players getting minutes outside garbage time during the regular season. Now there are goes who will get a couple of minutes to give guys a blow but significant minutes, more than 20, will be limited in the more important games.
Yes, I guess he did. I suppose I don't remember it since KY didn't win in 2015.
We don't agree. He's not going to eliminate our strength we have over everyone else in the country at the end of the season by only playing 7 guys. Even when we had no real depth to speak of Hurley played 8.
I also think Karaban is playing too much. He's eclpsed 30 minutes in 3 of 8 games, but has also been at 25 or less in three games. I think he should be around 27-28 minutes (where he is now), just more consistency. There're minutes there for Johnson.
There are no minutes at the 5. Any minutes Sanogo isn't playing should and will go to Clingan
I'm inclined to think there are a few. I understand he is more suited for the 4, but if Sanogo is in foul trouble, someone will have to back up Clingan, or vice versa. There is also the chance that, as freshmen, Clingan and/or Karaban become a bit less effective than they have been to date.
That seems a bit arbitrary when we haven't seen Johnson in the middle. He could provide a chance of pace in some games or merely provide some fouls in others.
I just don't see how it's possible when there's already complaints about not being able to play Clingan enough this year. There might be a few random games where he gets a 3 minute stretch but that's it
But even if Sanogo is in foul trouble that means he's been playing minutes at the 5 to get those fouls. So unless it's a Hawkins like game to pick up his fouls that's still going to be Sanogo/Clingan. Johnson is definitely going to be getting minutes but it's just hard to see any avenue for minutes at the 5
