Just don't tell the board that. They might call you, crazy because we need Ennis' ballhandling and without it are doomed
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I did a post on this a week ago saying start gbinije because you won't get a ton offensive out of him and he doesn't really bring 6th man energy offensively or defensively off the bench like Ennis and Cooney can. In fairness, I don't have a good eye on ball handling bringing the ball up as others do, people are really concerned about it and I can see why. I do have a good eye for who makes a difference in the halfcourt though, and Ennis and Cooney will do more of that then Gbinije, although Gbinije could be the offensive equivilent of Bayes defensive hustle and iq on the offensive end of the court without the ball if he wants it bad enough. And that would be OverExceeding .
Gbinije was a give me the ball guy in highschool hes just now learning to do things more the hard way and less in isolation and I give him credit. He can wait more to his jr/senior years to do more one on one. I don't mind 4-5 drives/pullup threes a game, but he had his whole game evolving around it preseason.
Ennis was driving from the left side of the court alot last game, he can finish with a left hand layup and its only a matter of time to he makes those left hand floaters. Ennis is a guy who lead team canadas Jr. National team, that is something freshmen can't do unless they are the read deal. He just had a bad day with his floaters in the lane which is good strategy from the coaches because he won't be getting things in isolation in the low post at this level as much as he hopes, he needs mid post scoring.
You know whats really scary though, CJ, Jerami, Cooney and Ennis have potential to be the best four players on the court at some points even during acc play, and Rak could be the best big out there that night, with Keita being the best defender that game as well. This team has serious, serious, potential.
