I see it the other way around we need more isolation players and consistant ones, thats what wins in march. Opposing teams start cutting down on motion sets and set pieces more as the season rolls along. m2m defense gets much better come mid febuary. I think 2 outside threats one that can shoot under alittle pressure off a bounce is always a good thing. But, if I had my pick I would have two pg's who both can drive finish at the rim with a good midrange pullup/floater (dribble drive is easier for guards then forwards, and it gives you a second ball handler under pressure). One of them tall like Mcw for pressure defense and rebounds. Followed by two forwards who can pull the trigger from outside shooting over 36% one that can shoot under pressure and the other that can hit the offensive boards some. 2 outside shooters that shoot above 40% (icewater in the veins) when wide open. Add a mobile 7 footer in the middle like Fab Melo for the pick and roll, lob pass, offensive boards (give him a short baby hook in the low post if you can also), and some shotblocking presence. You would get alittle of 09-10 and 11-12 chemistrys combined with that chemistry. Unstoppable players you can ride is always a good thing, it brought UK and Uconn to two title games recently. Iowa state had 3 guys who shot over 100 3's on the season two shooing 40% from outside and one who shot 34.5, as well as another guy who shot 70 3's on the season at a 40% clip. Thats on top of another 2 guys who still shot a respectable 33% in over 100 attempts Hard to defend that outside shooting firepower. Only guys we had above 27% were Cooney at 37 and Ennis at 35% and Gbinije shooting 35 but only had 43 attempts. None of our guys shot the three under pressure. Thats Probably a big reason ISU led the country in assists as well. 301 threes made out of 843 attemps from them vs our 167 made in 505 attempts, HUGE difference. By comparison 09-10 only shot 624 threes and 08-09 shot 743.
