Donnie said Betsey will surprise

[dollarbill44]

I see Kyle as a 18-24 minute type. I think that’s the spot that allows you to get White Anthony or Betsy a few extra minutes. I actually hope Freeman plays the five with the second unit. He is not a liability defensively against backup centers, and on offense, oh boy would he eat.

We have a guy named White Anthony?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

We have a guy named White Anthony?

I've heard of a White Mike before, but never a White Anthony.

For the uninitiated, a White Mike is the white guy in a friend group predominantly made up of black males, often actually named Mike, generally with hobbies and interests stereotypically ascribed to black men, that the black women in the male group's counterpart female friend group may find attractive and date. For a very literal example of a "White Mike" see the character White Mike from The Wayans Bros. TV show circa the late 1990s. For a darker interpretation of the White Mike stock character, see The Wire.

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[Orangezoo]

I've heard of a White Mike before, but never a White Anthony.

For the uninitiated, a White Mike is the white guy in a friend group predominantly made up of black males, often actually named Mike, generally with hobbies and interests stereotypically ascribed to black men, that the black women in the male group's counterpart female friend group may find attractive and date. For a very literal example of a "White Mike" see the character White Mike from The Wayans Bros. TV show circa the late 1990s. For a darker interpretation of the White Mike stock character, see The Wire.

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9.5 out of 10… was about a 8.5 until you stuck the landing with the gif

 

[OrangeCrush22]

I hope we have a good year but Cuse basketball has been all great vibes preseason the past 8 or so years with horrible results for the most part

 

[orangefog]

I've heard of a White Mike before, but never a White Anthony.

For the uninitiated, a White Mike is the white guy in a friend group predominantly made up of black males, often actually named Mike, generally with hobbies and interests stereotypically ascribed to black men, that the black women in the male group's counterpart female friend group may find attractive and date. For a very literal example of a "White Mike" see the character White Mike from The Wayans Bros. TV show circa the late 1990s. For a darker interpretation of the White Mike stock character, see The Wire.

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[Orangezoo]

I hope we have a good year but Cuse basketball has been all great vibes preseason the past 8 or so years with horrible results for the most part

In fairness if you cut to the bone a bit more… year 1 of Red lost plenty of mojo with no Jessie even if there was optimism in the name of change. Year 2 was a whole lot of nervous hope with a long list of things that had to go a certain way. This year is coaching speculation with a boatload of talent and very little question that this team has personnel to be good and it’s hard to question that fact.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

9.5 out of 10… was about a 8.5 until you stuck the landing with the gif

Ngl I was pretty proud of myself on that one.

Also... it hits close to home, I've been known as "White Mike" a time or two.

 

[NineOneSeven]

I am reserving all predictions (minus the iggy thread I guess) until I see a week of play. It appears we got some good transfers. The only thing I know, is our best player is Donnie Freeman and I expect close to 20/10 in 35+ minutes and it’s imperative he stays healthy.

Enough with the 1 possession wins against Lemoyne, Youngstown St, Colgate.

I’ll believe it when I see it, I guess is my point.

 

[Orangezoo]

I am reserving all predictions (minus the iggy thread I guess) until I see a week of play. It appears we got some good transfers. The only thing I know, is our best player is Donnie Freeman and I expect close to 20/10 in 35+ minutes and it’s imperative he stays healthy.

Enough with the 1 possession wins against Lemoyne, Youngstown St, Colgate.

I’ll believe it when I see it, I guess is my point.

I think this is all of us on the prediction front for sure. As for the optimism and looking at things on paper before they materialize it’s definitely fair to say this year looks nothing like what either of the first two years under red looked like. In fact you have to back a decade ish to see a team top to bottom that matches up on paper.

Thus if we avoid injury and things still go sideways that is hands down 95 pct likely to be about coaching.

 

[hoopsupstate]

I don’t think anyone will play much more than 30 minutes a game. Too many interchangeable parts. Red wants to really push the pace and play aggressive on defense. This team has exceptionally long wing spans that should result in more deflections and open court possibilities. I think George will end up playing the most minutes. The bench is too solid to not get playing time.

 

[Niastri]

Between Donnie, White and Betsy I think we have a nice group of long and athletic forwards that can play both forward spots. We can also go small with Kingz or Kiyan playing the 3. Could see some interesting lineups. Lots of interchangeable pieces between the 2, 3 and 4 slots, with the 3 being the flex piece.

I think we start with Kyle, Freeman, Kingz, Starling and George.

A lot of ways you can go with your first substitutions after that. Betsey in for Kyle if you want more shooting against a small team, even Anthony for Kyle to go really small but with five shooters.

Even that lineup would be 6'9, 6'6, 6'5, 6'4, and 6'3, so not exactly tiny.

The team is stacked.

 

[M2MPrinciples]

I'm kind of glad I don't recognize anyone's name aside from Donnie, JJ and Kiyan. Definitely a good problem to have after the mix of oil and water from Red's first two seasons.