Yakwe

[jibsey]

A lot of props for this guy lately. 19 minutes, 2 points, 2rebounds, 2 blocks. Carlton 12, 2, and 3. With no inside our guards had no clean looks (and if they did they missed). We were destroyed on the boards in this game. Based on those stats what exactly is Cobb’s downside to playing? Our defense would be worse than what we just saw? We lose by 40 with him in there?

 

[scotty0330]

No downside. I know he might not be a great practice player but Carlton has no post talent at this point. No understanding of pic and roll, not very good hands so offensively there is absolutely no threat in paint area when Cobb is not out there against any kind of quality competition.

 

[husky429]

Hurley is not that dumb. Gotta be a quiet suspension of some kind.

 

[jibsey]

Hurley is not that dumb. Gotta be a quiet suspension of some kind.

Never thought of that one but it makes some sense.

 

[gtcam]

Yawke, right now, is the best big man the team has
Its time to start him at the 5 and Sid at the 4 and bring Polley off the bench, ala Rashad

 

[Lynyrd]

Hurley is not that dumb. Gotta be a quiet suspension of some kind.

Agree ... trust the process

 

[intlzncster]

Hurley is not that dumb. Gotta be a quiet suspension of some kind.

Dunno. Cobb can't play D. If you can't play D, Hurley (nor JC) is not that much interested in you.

 

[Dove]

I have been a big Yakwe guy since the start. Even with the limitations.

 

[joober jones]

Aside from being a superior shot blocker, he's a poor man's Phil Nolan. Not much talent, but has better footwork than Cobb/Carlton and is at times a good not-in-the-box score kind of guy.

 

[JimHurley]

I’d like to see more of Yakwe and Cobb together. That way we’d have both a rim protector and post scorer in our front court.

 

[Huskybass]

Hurley is not that dumb. Gotta be a quiet suspension of some kind.

Thats the only thing that makes sense. The kid is too good on offense to not be playing minutes of some sort. There has to be something behind this.

 

[Mokum]

Thats the only thing that makes sense. The kid is too good on offense to not be playing minutes of some sort. There has to be something behind this.

I think so too. He doesn’t even get in for garbage time.

 

[intlzncster]

Thats the only thing that makes sense. The kid is too good on offense to not be playing minutes of some sort. There has to be something behind this.

Maybe. Or maybe he doesn't play D. If you don't, you don't play under Hurley, no matter what.

 

[pj]

Maybe. Or maybe he doesn't play D. If you don't, you don't play under Hurley, no matter what.

Was he playing D earlier in the year, when he played under Hurley?

 

[intlzncster]

Was he playing D earlier in the year, when he played under Hurley?

Not that well. And against significantly inferior competition. He's just not that good at it. At least, from anything I've seen.

Carlton looks great on offense against bad teams, but when he's playing against any reasonable competition, he fades.

Personally, I'd play Cobb, but I understand why Hurley doesn't, given his philosophy.

Maybe he's in the dog house, but I think it's more what he's (not) delivering on the more important side of the court.

 

[jibsey]

Cobb put major points and rebounds on the board in our “big” games. Was that a dream? Is a defensive rebound a good thing? Whatever liabilities he has, doesn’t he get 15 minutes to clog the middle and make some putbacks? The idea that you keep in 2 non productive players because he didn’t practice well makes no sense.

 

[HuskyBoi]

cobb has a talented offensive game. its just that his defensive game can't make up for it. he reminds me of a brook lopez type of center that can only provide points and not much on defense. going forward, cobb needs to make sure he's giving 100 percent in practice so he can actually get into the rotation again because i'm concerned he's digging himself a hole he soon won't be able to dig out of. we need cobb in order to compete because our frontcourt in AAC play won't do it without his presence. after the cuse/iowa game i was really looking forward to him breaking into the starting lineup and averaging 13/10 by now, but it went south for some reason.

 

[CTBasketball]

Agree with that lineup. Polley provides nothing but an outside shot.

 

[my2cents]

Sometimes I think people are nuts in here.
We just a killed in a half and gave up a ton of points WITH our better defensive players.
Cobb could do no worse and would have contributed way more on OFFENSE.
Case closed.

 

[intlzncster]

Cobb put major points and rebounds on the board in our “big” games. Was that a dream? Is a defensive rebound a good thing? Whatever liabilities he has, doesn’t he get 15 minutes to clog the middle and make some putbacks? The idea that you keep in 2 non productive players because he didn’t practice well makes no sense.

How many points does he give up (even in second hand fashion) for how many he scores? I don't have the answer.

As I said, I would play him. But given his philosophy of defense before all else, I understand why Hurley doesn't.

And yes, he could be in the doghouse. idk

 

[intlzncster]

Sometimes I think people are nuts in here.
We just a killed in a half and gave up a ton of points WITH our better defensive players.
Cobb could do no worse and would have contributed way more on OFFENSE.
Case closed.

Or we could have given up 60 to Nova.

Cobb would not have been camped down low on D with the way Nova generally plays. They would have exploited that.

 

[Huskybass]

Agree with that lineup. Polley provides nothing but an outside shot.

He occasionally has a nice take to the basket like his dunk early in the game on Saturday, but in general I agree that he does play tenatively. I think there is real promise for him though to gain strength and confidence and develop into a star at some point.

 

[CTBasketball]

He occasionally has a nice take to the basket like his dunk early in the game on Saturday, but in general I agree that he does play tenatively. I think there is real promise for him though to gain strength and confidence and develop into a star at some point.

He’s put it on the floor a handful of times this season, he has a decent floater but he’s not confident in anything but his shooting ability.

I think Sid will overtake his minutes and become that star. You can tell Sid likes the limelight.

 

[RichZ]

Maybe he didn't do well on exams?

 

[CAHUSKY]

Stop the madness. There is a 0.0% chance Cobb didn’t play based on matchups or a bad day in practice. It would have been coaching malpractice for Hurley not play him for those reasons. Clearly he is serving some kind of suspension that hasn’t been made public? Maybe Sid can start a countdown on his instagram. That was very helpful for figuring out when he was coming back from his exile.