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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3627151, member: 405"]
I think Kris Joseph was more of a "straight ahead" guy.  He didn't really have much shake to his game, but his would run the floor like a greyhound and literally throw himself at the rim, until he got hurt senior year.  He pumped the brakes a bit down the stretch after a nasty fall in one game, and to me, he was never quite the same player afterwards.

Newton has some shake and lateral quickness to his game.  His side-to-side at the top of the zone was pretty impressive.  Remember when JB tried that with Southerland his senior season?  And then he quickly gave up that idea.  Woody though has very good lateral quickness.  So does Griffin.

If JB can just adjust to the game more, and "man-manage" a bit less, he could situationally substitute these guys into the game as situations dictate.  Some opponent getting hot from 3?  Bring in a quicker guy for 4 minutes to cheat toward him and take him out of his rhythm.  Then bring the shooter or playmaker back in, as the case may be.

There are certain skills that are on the bench that could be helpful.  Maybe some of these kids are only part of the package, but we used to sub bigs based on how much we were being bullied underneath on defense.  Same thing applies at the top of the zone, or on the wings.

Baye Moussa Keita was not a "star" basketball player, in the traditional sense, but 10-15 minutes of him was always welcome, and changed the dynamics of many, many games.
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