I get it but as far as the chemistry goes, I think the guys seem to get along great. Good kids who really liked each other. We could have used Jesse not getting hurt and another good player.
One could argue that the other good player is Benny living up to his recruiting ranking. This is not a bad foundation.
and we could have used the kind of point guard play all season that we got from Symir the last two days, that was a huge flaw with this team.
I hope Cole comes back, but that's very questionable. If Benny can take a big step forward then all of a sudden we have some pretty good athleticism up front with him and Jesse, and finally some potentially good PG play with Symir and JG3 going back to his natural position.
I said it before and I’ll say it now. We still need to land at least one really good forward transfer.
Yup that’s kind of what i was referring to..
i doubt JBA will be back. We would need a much better 3rd forward, maybe one of the frosh emerge and another guard.
If Cole comes back, and Benny comes back, the hope is that that will net us Mintz. If it does, I don't think we will go after another forward (even though we sure need one) because they wouldn't want to do anything to make Benny leave and have Mintz not come. If Mintz goes elsewhere, get another forward.
It was obvious from that day in April when Symir committed. I literally said it at the time. I hoped I would be wrong all year. It's been absolutely infuriating watching Buddy and Joe at the guard spots the last 3 years...even more so because IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. They simply can't play together. Like, and I know this isn't the best example, but if you watch the Lakers with Westbrook and Lebron enough (granted Westbrook is basically toast now) you watch and go, well this isnt going to work. That was Joe and Buddy. Certain games would they both go off and counter the complete lack of defense, sure. But it was NEVER going to work long term and it didn't. I'm sad Buddy is gone, but I'm happy his partnership with Joe is over.
I included JBA because he might be part of the thirteen. Whether he returns or not is a different story. Hopefully, one of the forward recruits, possibly Bunch or Taylor, gets the opportunity to crack the rotation.
What’s your personal take? I think Benny will get there eventually, but I still think he needs development time. If we can get a really good forward out of the portal, I think we have to go get him. We desperately need scoring and athleticism help. And I don’t have much faith that anyone in this freshman class will be an instant major contributor, outside of Mintz if we get him.
We need another forward, even with Swider back. Today is exhibit A as to why.
We need another forward, the type that can make shots and score. Not the old school type that just grabs rebounds type of foward. And a starting pg or we’re just playing behind the 8 ball all year again. We need a playmaker that’s what this team desperately needed as pg. Who can also score. They’re out there. And don’t put all our eggs in one basket.
You might have missed by begging for a real quality forward in the portal. I now believe the reason that JB says we won't do that is that we want to make sure we have Benny because Mintz only comes here if Benny is here. i've come to understand that position. maybe one fo the frosh will emerge. But, if we don't get Mintz, all speed ahead on a portal forward.
The portal has proven that there are a lot of great players at smaller schools. Guys who are smart, that can shoot the ball and play well. When you have portal guys making All-American and Conference POY, it just means we need to dig through the dirt to find them.
Do they have a relationship or something?
There is zero evidence that team chemistry was an issue, none, zero, nada.
the thing is, i wouldn't have thought so. But it appears that Mintz wants to play with Benny. It's why we are being considered.
Mintz would do wonders for next years team. We need a closer like him. We lost these 10 games and this was the score around the 5:00 minute of each game.
So, I guess my follow up is...are we worried that Benny might not come back? By what he has said I wouldnt think so.
