Orangezoo
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You have a lot of good thoughts, but you also have some assumptions that may or may not come to pass.
I think red will be a very fine coach, but he still has to prove it. Many of Jimmy’s best coaching seasons came when the talent was relatively down.
our ability to play three guards a lot may be limited by d and rebounding issues/matchups. I would not assume we will be going with three guards more than situationally, even w Judah. Bell is probably our best pure shooter and if your going small he might need to be out there to spread the court, and he certainly can’t play with three guards.
benny’s career hallmark has been inconsistency. Yes, I expect him to be better more of the time, but can he truly get past his inconsistencies ??
your suggested lineup wo Judah looks very reasonable, and even likely, but Taylor and brown were close to bell and it is possible one of them can jump Chris. Q is the wildcard here, huge potential if he can cut down dramatically on his mistakes. It would be nice to have somebody make a big jump. Brown is my personal favorite to be that guy because he does so much, but he needs some sort of a move to generate o other than a put back.
3 guard lineups are far more commonplace so you aren't going out against a bunch of traditional lineups every night. Thus the rebounding piece isn't as much about size as it is about scheme and having guards that have good size but also get after it in all phases of the game. There is still too much some of you are leaning on JB ball and playing that more traditional 2g 2f and a C lineup. The top teams in the country over the past 5 or 6 years plus have abandoned the traditional model in favor of being more versatile. We have been behind the times and combined with talent deficiency its compounded our issues.
Our bigger lineups have continually gotten hammered on the glass by smaller more athletic teams