Regression of Tyler Roberson

[SaltLakeOrange]

See, where I completely disagree with you is on Lydon having the skills to be a 3, and White to be a 2. We already ran that experiment, and it was a miserable failure. And this isn't directed at you specifically, but there were a lot of people who wanted to see them play those spots b/c it would be what was best for each of their respective NBA chances, but no amount of wishful thinking changes the fact that both players were poorly suited for those positions.

And White's defensive issues were exacerbated playing up top. So if you're up in arms about his defense now...

I guess that the biggest challenge here is that so much is going wrong--this is a systemic breakdown, not just a onesey-twosey thing that needs to get adjusted to fix the problem. I can't imagine any circumstances where playing Roberson, Lydon, and Thompson together would be an effective combo on either end of the floor.

Phew...I sure hope the brain trust figures this all out because its really bad. Can you imagine us playing NC/Louisville/Duke with this team in this disarray? Even if the guard play does improve somehow, unless he gets these kids to play defense, we are just screwed.

 

[RF2044]

Phew...I sure hope the brain trust figures this all out because its really bad. Can you imagine us playing NC/Louisville/Duke with this team in this disarray? Even if the guard play does improve somehow, unless he gets these kids to play defense, we are just screwed.

I have nightmares envisioning Duke / UNC / UVA / Lou...

Hell, I'm nervous about us having to face the BC, WF, and GTs of the conference, given how we're playing.

 

[Fly Rodder]

See, where I completely disagree with you is on Lydon having the skills to be a 3, and White to be a 2.

Yeah this team is all out of position to make the best zone defense. You've got 4s playing the 3, 3s playing the 2, and an undersized 3 playing the 1.

 

[pearl31]

Lydon, Roberson, White with Battle and Frank - Gillon and TT off the pine. DJC emergency 5.

I believe this is absolutely the way to go. DC can still start both halves but the true lineup/rotation has got to be, if there's any chance of turning things around, what you've listed here.

 

[RF2044]

I believe this is absolutely the way to go. DC can still start both halves but the true lineup/rotation has got to be, if there's any chance of turning things around, what you've listed here.

At this point--I'd rather see them play younger guys like TT, Frank, and Battle. Imperative to make lemonade out of these lemons and get those guys experience for next season.

 

[tbonezone]

how about capping max minutes at 32 per game unless someone is absolutely on fire ?

 

[Madbiker]

Roberson fit with last year's team because he was on the court with 4 scorers (Lydon, Malachi, G, Cooney) so we could carry his non scoring if he performed his role as rebounder and defender. This year we only have 2 consistent scorers...Lydon and White (until last night at least). If you pull White out to play Roberson, now we have 1 scorer. Doesn't work. The only way Roberson can play is to either play Lydon at the 5 or White at the 2. And White's defense at the top of the zone has been poor. If Lydon plays the 5 that limits TT who'd defense is better at the 5 than on the wing. What we really have this year is a bunch of parts that don't fit well together.

 

[Ghost]

As stated above, the worst thing about Roberson is that he can't play center because he's too small and isn't a shot blocker. If he could do that, he'd play a ton over Coleman and we'd be a better team. We could get away with the lack of offense and him being a rebounding specialist if he could handle the responsibilities of the 5 in our system.

But he can't, so JB is going with other bigs.

Lydon is my center! Thompson backs him up!

 

[tbonezone]

Lydon is my center! Thompson backs him up!

meanwhile the st john players are all icing their wrists this morning due to the continual pounding they took against our rims.

 

[two3zone]

That's a bit of an exaggeration, but you can have a rotation where they all see a lot of minutes. Lydon being the one guy that we can't really replace.

Thompson has been good, but even he has shown regression when the other team isn't awful.

Roberson has actually excelled against the Dukes of the world at times in his tenure. That's something... Lol

Roberson only did well vs Duke because it was his super bowl.