Too bad. As I said before one of them will. By January Landrew will be major impact player. We started freshman at the three each of the last 3 years. What’s the issue?
Castle, McNeeley, and Mullins were all one and done types who were brought in to start day one and were ready to start day one. I don't trust Landrew is ready for that on a team with intentions of winning the whole thing. He's had a major rise in the rankings the past year but he's still ranked #22 overall and the #8 small forward in what is considered a historically weak freshman class, I would pump the brakes a little bit. For reference Castle was the #9 ranked recruit overall and the #2 combo guard, McNeeley was #10 overall and the #2 small forward, Mullins #12 overall and the #2 shooting guard. There was lottery pick hype for all three of them before stepping on the UConn campus.
Why did stew leave if there’s still that much PT available at forward? Best case scenario the backup C we get can play some PF too like Machot
The guy who committed last week, Nik Khamenia. He's the starting 4
Seriously. He's as close to a Karaban clone as likely exists. We're not going to find a Charles Oakley to start at power forward
I'm not worried about it, because we have Ross as depth and the fit is superb. Everyone focuses on offense, but what made Castle stand out was his ability to stand in the paint and take chest bumps from bigger guys and not move. It's something Mullins was exposed at, because he really was never intended to be a 3 and was a bad defensive fit there. Landrew on the other hand, is even more solid than Castle. I don't think he's one and done (neither were Mullins or Khamenia) but he's probably a 2 and done. Still not a guy who sits on the bench.
I think he’ll play some at the 4 but more at the 3. Need a big 4. Just my opinion.
Gut feeling. Want a bigger 4. See him more as a 3
He played the 3 at Duke, why not here.
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LOL. Because Boozer was the 4 at Duke. He absolutely can play the 3. We don't need him to play the 3. We need him to play the 4, which in our system is almost identical.
Because we’re gonna get an another 4. No inside info. Just think we need more size.
We will get a 4, to play 10 minutes or so behind Nik.
I agree with Superjohn on this, and I've said it in the other threads. We need more offense and shooters. Relying on a frosh and Ross at this point is a downgrade in the team's offensive game, especially since we lost Karaban, Reed and Ross.
We need to get bigger. Some of the need to get bigger is/was negated when we thought we were returning one of the best scoring guards in the nation who would have his shooting back on track with a healed wrist. That has changed, I'm sure Hurley and staff have been preparing for this. Thrusting Landrew into the starting lineup or expecting Ross to increase his scoring average by 175% as a starter doesn't seem like the way to go. We need to get bigger or we need to score the ball, with this news and the current roster we are in this in between thing where we're neither big enough or have enough scoring punch. It isn't ideal for a team with designs to win the whole thing. I expect Hurley and staff to change that.
I’m not thinking that. How would our offense look with a Momlosovic or Figueroa type at the 4? And Nik at the 3. We’d be great. You don’t think our coaches would like that. Obviously we’ll wait and see but we wouldn’t undermanned against huge teams.
Wilkins doesn't defend a lick either. UK will stink, Pope will be out. I thought Pope might have been a decent hire, but boy you have to have some stones to coach under that fanbase.
We got bigger by subtracting Ball and playing Mullins at the 2. Landrew and Ross are both bigger than Mullins and Mullins is bigger than Ball. Nik can hopefully gain 10 pounds and match Karaban. Hines is a little shorter than Reed, but just as bulky. We certainly need another 5 and another backup 4. I do not want Landrew at the 4 as some are suggesting.
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.
He played the 4 at Duke as well, he was guarding Karaban in our matchup
Jayden will get Senior respect starts early on, and if Landrew is what many suspect, Jayden will become a 6th man swiss army knife.
Think we get a new starting 4.
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