What it is likely to be this year, how the returning players were used last year, and how they could be used if we added a top big of course are three very different things. Positions 1,2,and 5 are pretty good. i would put K9 in the 3rd place at the 2 and i would have JoPop ahead of Lil Fish at both the 1&2, with both of those players being combo guards that could play any position.
At the 5, I would reverse Olivia and Jana as starters and hope those are the players that are used there. Our 5's last year combined did not play 40 minutes a game, our 4's didn't play 40, and our 3's didn't play 40. The solution to a 5,4,or 3 not being in the game was almost always a guard, generally a 2. Our 2's played way way more than 40 minutes a game. So I hope Sarah doesn't play significant minutes at the 5, Blanca a lot at the 4, and Ash a starter at the 3, but since they were often used that way last year it is a possibility the same will happen, maybe to a lesser extent this year.
Your projection suggests no small ball, and going beyond traditional to even big ball on occasion to the extent you have Olivia at the 3 or 4. I don't think Olivia will be used at the 3 at all, but Sarah might,and Olivia being able to play the 4 might be what enables Sarah to slide over there. I also don't think Gandy would be used at the 4, and we probably will see Blanca some at the 4 and Ash at the 3.
A natural backup 4 we don't have and I wish we had obtained one, but Blanca there is passable, but might also involve going small at the 3 with Ash as well. I would like to see blanca with starter minutes at the 3 and not have to be moved around. Other than her the backup 4 options are move Morgan up a position or Olivia down one.
We probably have better options to go traditional regarding lineups this year, and the possibility of going big only if Olivia can be good at the 4 playing with Sarah at the 3, but Geno obviously likes small ball.
