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Originally Posted by skyblade
Chad gives a little more info on the state of the team on the most recent BCJ podcast. More based on his talks with those close to the team than his own observations. His comments on each phase are essentially.
- Offense: (Much?) Better than last year, a lot more options.
- Defense: Worse than last year, but slowly improving. Hopefully will get to at least average.
- Rebounding: The area we are worst at, especially defensive rebounding. Good rebounding is about mindset (wanting the ball) as much as physical attributes and we don't currently seem to have it. We need a Gary Clark/Tre Scott type who fights for every rebound, but we don't have one.
- An average defense that doesn't rebound well and gives up a lot of second chance opportunities is not a winning formula.
My take from his comment: The thing that differentiates our guys (especially at the 4/5) and earns them minutes may be rebounding. If we can't develop that 4/5, guards/wings who rebound well will probably get the nod all other things being close to equal. That favors Phinisee, Newman and (possibly) Reed/Skillings getting more minutes than anticipated.
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What I find hard to fathom is rebounding not being better than last year. Both Vik and Ody were better than Ado and Koval. Plus we add a little bit of length with Nolley over Newman. Not much else has changed.
Defensively I see the problems. Less rim protection. Nolley in for Newman. I suppose Rob is an upgrade over Mike/MAW.