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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4262940, member: 405"]
I see your point about the extra shooter, but remember when we had all that offense in 2017, with Andrew White, John Gillon, Tyler Lydon, freshman Tyus Battle and Taurean Thompson off the bench?

That team could score like crazy, but the defense didn't come together until they had already ruined the season with awful out of conference losses, something like 8-5, if memory serves.  Sounds familiar, right?

Then in 2018, he goes with size and defense, and literally only has 3 guys on the entire team who can score more than 5 points a game.

I think that when the chips are down, he's going to stick with the 2-3 zone, maybe some 1-3-1 like he did last year, to take away the offensive entry pass to the foul line to collapse the zone.

We aren't going to see any man-to-man, 3 guard offense, unless one of those guards is Taylor at the , and frankly, he seems too soft on defense to see any real time this year.

He says these things about playing man for the benefit of the players, to get some buy-in.  Remember when he said the same thing to Jonny Flynn and Paul Harris?  How much man did those teams play, again?

That's why I'm leaning Maliq Brown; because he's the Roberson for this team, he's got some nasty, he's physical.  Remember, Jesse is not.  He's an athletic freak, but he needs an enforcer next to him, to take some of the fouls for him.  He needs his own Terrence Roberts, or his version of Rick Jackson alongside him.

Just like Maurice Lucas at PF allowed Bill Walton to be transcendant for a season and half in Portland, before he ruined his feet.
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