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I think Ollie should hand the keys to Adams right off the bat and let him run the offense. There seemed to be a lot of questions about who was doing what this year. Let Jalen run the team. Also, either Jalen or Alterique should be on the floor at all times. I could see Facey starting at the four though not necessarily getting starters minutes. As others have pointed out having Facey and Brimah on the floor at the same time can be limiting offensively although if Jalen can penetrate and distribute to them for easy baskets maybe they would be more productive. I would guess the starting lineup would be Jalen, Purvis, Larrier, Facey and Brimah to start the season. Diarra is supposed to have a relentless motor and KO rewards effort so if he kills it in practice I could see him getting a lot of minutes at the four and possibly eventually cracking the starting lineup. I think like others have stated rebounding is likely to be our weak spot. If Diarra can rebound with effort at the four, or Durham (assuming he is healthy) perhaps that can be less of a problem. I would hope we see Enoch get some good run and hopefully develop into a solid post player to spell Brimah. Throw in Vance shooting threes and contributing some with his size and Vital being initially a bench two guard who can shoot and handle and I think we have a good team. I'd love to see us pick up a solid rebounder at the 4 along the way if we can but I'm not sure at this point what is still out there. I think given the players we have coming in Ollie will have a more diverse combination of players to mix and match with. I wouldn't get too caught up in who plays the 4 and 5 spots. We should be able to rotate players in and out of those spots with Brimah, Facey, Diarra, Durham, Vance (even though he seems more like a wing despite being 6-8) and Enoch. I really like that we have a young bench with a lot of talent and potential.
