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HuskyWarrior611 said:
Remember everyone I’m responding to this right here when I talk about Oriaki.

Newton may definitely have to take a backseat to Castle. Like Oriaki did with Drummond.
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May definitely? Is that like being a little pregnant?
 
Scottobot said:
If Newton came back, the starting backcourt would be Newton and Castle. Newton would probably get to play off the ball and shoot and score more which would make him look good in next year’s draft. I think the 2 of them would share PG responsibility, but early on while Castle adjusts, Newton would be primary PG.
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Wouldn't be surprised to play 3 guards with Newton, Castle, and Solo (or one of these transfers). Castle would be protected on defense guarding the SF spot, and he and Newton could still run the offense together.
 
husky429 said:
Wouldn't be surprised to play 3 guards with Newton, Castle, and Solo (or one of these transfers). Castle would be protected on defense guarding the SF spot, and he and Newton could still run the offense together.
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In that scenario Newton needs to play D like he has in the G League Combine. He was pretty rough on ball at points last year.
 
husky429 said:
Wouldn't be surprised to play 3 guards with Newton, Castle, and Solo (or one of these transfers). Castle would be protected on defense guarding the SF spot, and he and Newton could still run the offense together.
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He's clearly big enough to be a college SF, just like Andre, even if he's an NBA guard. No doubt Hurley will want flexible lineups that can go bigger, smaller, more athletic, more shooting, and Newton helps with that no matter what.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
I consider Newton moving off ball and out of position to be that fwiw. Like Oriaki having to move and play the 4.

I’m not as sold as everyone else on Newton playing the 2. But we’ll see how that goes. Still going to be nice to have a steady guard ballhandler back there.
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Newton did play the 2 this season sometimes and was fine. Sometimes Jackson initiated the offense or Diarra and newton was on the wing. Castle seems like a pg but we haven’t seen him play against this level of competition yet. Maybe it takes him a little while to get rolling playing pg and he does better on the wing. To me it seems very workable.
 
Castle and Newton would be fantastic together. Anyone thinking that this is even close to Oriakhi and AD is totally off. AO and AD were both offensively limited players who were only effective if they got the ball 3 feet from the hoop. Playing them together, in a lot of ways, was like playing 3/4 on 5 in a half court setting. Castle and Newton can easily play together. Hell, we got really good when Tristan had the ball in his hands less and AJ was able to handle/distribute more.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Right. I’ll admit, I haven’t watched Solo a ton, does he have the quickness/shiftiness to come in and guard college 1s?
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He's going to have better lateral speed and quickness than anyone on our team. He's an Andre-esque athlete in a 6'3 body.

The big question for him (and all our freshman) will be if they can pick up the team defense. Hurley's defensive scheme takes a lot of film work and a high IQ to pick up.

The other question for Solo will be shooting abd handles. Last summer he was too limited shooting the rock to be a big piece of a top-25 team right away. That very well could have changed at Brewster, however. They're as good of a developmental program as anywhere.
 
FWIW, we got really good last year when we put the ball in Newton’s hands more and had Andre play more in the dunker spot last year.

When Andre initiated things in the half court more we struggled and Newton would float a lot. Newton seemed to be much better with the ball in his hands more. Just wanted to clarify that part.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
I consider Newton moving off ball and out of position to be that fwiw. Like Oriaki having to move and play the 4.

I’m not as sold as everyone else on Newton playing the 2. But we’ll see how that goes. Still going to be nice to have a steady guard ballhandler back there.
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Seriously, how hard is it to spell names right?

Alex Oriakhi helped us win a national championship. You could at least google his name.
 
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Tristen/Steph will be a matchup nightmare for opposing teams.. If Andre moves on.. IMO.. What we're then lacking (with the exception of Solo) ..Are fast-twitch/explosive athletes.. Not to say we won't be athletic and a disruptive defensive and opportunistic offensive team.. Will be interesting to see how Dan Hurley fills out the roster and how those adds will impact our team athleticism. More about style of play than will we be successful next season..
 
husky429 said:
He's going to have better lateral speed and quickness than anyone on our team. He's an Andre-esque athlete in a 6'3 body.

The big question for him (and all our freshman) will be if they can pick up the team defense. Hurley's defensive scheme takes a lot of film work and a high IQ to pick up.

The other question for Solo will be shooting abd handles. Last summer he was too limited shooting the rock to be a big piece of a top-25 team right away. That very well could have changed at Brewster, however. They're as good of a developmental program as anywhere.
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Long arms on Solo too, supposedly a 6’10 wingspan. He could be a menace at POA defense, and making plays in passing lanes. Im really excited to see how much impact Dan can have on him in one off season. He should play NBA caliber defense by his sophomore year.
 
Umami Zen said:
Tristen/Steph will be a matchup nightmare for opposing teams.. If Andre moves on.. IMO.. What we're then lacking (with the exception of Solo) ..Are fast-twitch/explosive athletes.. Not to say we won't be athletic and a disruptive defensive and opportunistic offensive team.. Will be interesting to see how Dan Hurley fills out the roster and how those adds will impact our team athleticism. More about style of play than will we be successful next season..
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I’d argue Solo, Ross, Samson, and Singare bring that to some extent. Non proven sure, but they’re all upper tier athletic prospects.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I’d argue Solo, Ross, Samson, and Singare bring that to some extent. Non proven sure, but they’re all upper tier athletic prospects.
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We agree on Solo as per my comments.. Not much to judge the other three other than HS tape vs inferior D/players.. With SnC and skill development/conditioning.. And PT at the CBB level.. Maybe they could..

Solo looks like the outlier with obvious athleticism that translates at the next level Day 1..
 
Umami Zen said:
We agree on Solo as per my comments.. Not much to judge the other three other than HS tape vs inferior D/players.. With SnC and skill development/conditioning.. And PT at the CBB level.. Maybe they could..

Solo looks like the outlier with obvious athleticism that translates at the next level Day 1..
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Ross actually played pretty well against high level comp.

He might actual have the best skill set as of today to replace Jordan Hawkins role. Just not sure how good he is at running off screens.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Ross actually played pretty well against high level comp.

He might actual have the best skill set as of today to replace Jordan Hawkins role. Just not sure how good he is at running off screens.
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My comment was about explosion/fast twitch athletes like Solo.. Ross looks to me to be a smooth/efficient/long range shot maker..

I was talking about style/athleticism.. Not who they played against and whether they're good.. Fab Five is a strong class.. Solo is the explosive dude from what I can tell..

Andre J was explosive and fast twitch.. A talent/skill that I don't see in our next season's team as its currently constructed.. Happy to be wrong..

To my eye.. Hawkins and Ross are more similar as are Andre J and Solo from an explosion/athleticism perspective.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
Remember everyone I’m responding to this right here when I talk about Oriaki.

Newton may definitely have to take a backseat to Castle. Like Oriaki did with Drummond.
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This is silly. We have played 2 PGs a lot in our sucessfull years including Shabazz and Boatright. We aren't talking about 2 bigs in the same space. Newton plays off the ball a lot when Jackson was here. What is different with Castle running the show?
 
3rdbass said:
This is silly. We have played 2 PGs a lot in our sucessfull years including Shabazz and Boatright. We aren't talking about 2 bigs in the same space. Newton plays off the ball a lot when Jackson was here. What is different with Castle running the show?
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Let's name some other 2 PG combos:
Kemba/Bazz
KEA/Moore
Tate/Smith
 
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Okay, fine guys it’s going to be the same as all our other great 2 guard combos.

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HooperScooper said:
And either way we win national championships. :)
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That's how great we are. Not only never duplicated, not even often imitated because the common ruck wouldn't know where to start.
 
Was talking with my son today about Tristen taking 3 pointers. He’s thinking Tristen has the longest average distance on his 3’s on the team. So many are from deep. Is there a stat for that somewhere?
 
GlastonTim said:
Was talking with my son today about Tristen taking 3 pointers. He’s thinking Tristen has the longest average distance on his 3’s on the team. So many are from deep. Is there a stat for that somewhere?
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World B Free used to take them just inside halfcourt… but they were only worth 2 back then.
 
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