What about this lineup for now?

[bendm]

We lost 41 ppg with our three starters gone from this season

That’s 13.6 ppg from Hines, NK and Ross minus the substantial bump we’ll get from Mullins and Demary

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yeah, we disagree. Of course offense is a concern with what we have returning right now. That's why Hurley and staff aren't close to finished constructing this team.

We lost 41 ppg with our three starters gone from this season and 45 ppg of our NCAA tournament scoring gone with those three starters. So far we've replaced them with two starters who averaged 6.5 ppg and 5.7 ppg and you want that third starter to be Jayden Ross who averaged 4.6 ppg on the season 4.0 ppg in over 20 minutes per game in the 6 NCAA tournament games or by Landrew who doesn't have the rep of our past three star freshmen. No thanks. I don't think Hurley sees it that way either.

Well we will find out.

I think it's a bit disingenuous to label Ross at 4 ppg. He wasn't 4 ppg when he actually got in, especially later in the year after he gained confidence in his shot. You also seem to be penciling in Mullins for the 12 he got last year. I think he's BEPOY and 1st team AA and gets closer to 18. Nik was behind Cam Boozer who had one of the highest usage rates in the country. He's not a 5.7 a game guy in our offense where he'll be featured. If Hurley thought that, he wouldn't be here. Can he completely replace Karaban? I hope he doesn't play that many minutes honestly, we overused AK. So we do need another 4. I'd love to see us bring in a 5 behind Hines that can actually score. That's my main concern. A pure defense and rebounding 5 does present offensive concerns.

You're also completely discounting Junior County who comes in as the #6/8 SG in the class. Jordan Hawkins was #12. County can absolutely shoot and score. I expect a similar impact from him.

 

[superjohn]

Well we will find out.

I think it's a bit disingenuous to label Ross at 4 ppg. He wasn't 4 ppg when he actually got in, especially later in the year after he gained confidence in his shot. You also seem to be penciling in Mullins for the 12 he got last year. I think he's BEPOY and 1st team AA and gets closer to 18. Nik was behind Cam Boozer who had one of the highest usage rates in the country. He's not a 5.7 a game guy in our offense where he'll be featured. If Hurley thought that, he wouldn't be here. Can he completely replace Karaban? I hope he doesn't play that many minutes honestly, we overused AK. So we do need another 4. I'd love to see us bring in a 5 behind Hines that can actually score. That's my main concern. A pure defense and rebounding 5 does present offensive concerns.

You're also completely discounting Junior County who comes in as the #6/8 SG in the class. Jordan Hawkins was #12. County can absolutely shoot and score. I expect a similar impact from him.

"I think it's a bit disingenuous to label Ross at 4 ppg."

Come on man, please read my post again. I gave Jayden's ppg for the season 4.6 and I gave his ppg for the 6 NCAA tournament games 4.0 ppg. Just like I gave Hines and Khamenia's ppg.

And why are you now bringing Junior County into the conversation? We were talking about who was going to start and I don't think it should be Jayden or Landrew, you do think it should be one of them. Since you're now weirdly bringing him into the conversation County isn't going to start and I think he's likely to be Demary's main backup at point. He doesn't shoot it like Hawkins and is highly unlikely to be a lottery pick after 2 seasons.