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04-21-2022, 12:02 AM | #183 |
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Trying to predict rotations is difficult with this roster. A lot will depend on offseason development and what Wes thinks each player's role is. And of course another transfer could shake everything up. My best guess with the current roster:
PG: Phinisee 25 / MAW 15 SG: DDJ 30 / Skillings 10 SF: Newman 25 / Davenport 10 / Reed 5 PF: Davenport 15 / Ody 15 / Hensley 10 C: Ody 5 / Ezikpe 20 / Lakhin 15 |
04-21-2022, 06:22 AM | #184 | |
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Here's my take: PG: Phinisee 22 / MAW 18 SG: DDJ 28 / Skillings 8 / MAW 4 SF: Newman 24 / Reed 8 / Davenport 8 PF: Davenport 16 / Hensley 12 / Ezikpe 8 / Ody 4 C: Ody 16 / Lakhin 14 / Ezikpe 10 DDJ 28 Davenport 24 Newman 24 Phinisee 22 MAW 22 Ody 20 Ezikpe 18 Lakhin 14 Hensley 12 Skillings 8 Reed 8 |
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04-21-2022, 07:37 AM | #185 |
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There's a chance that some of these guys will end up on the bench average 5 or fewer minutes. Reed, Skillings, Vik, Ody, Hensley and Ezikpe are all guys I could see being benched. Wes seems to value defensive rotations, pick-and-roll defense and offensive spacing, last year Vik/Ody/Hensley struggled to stay on the floor because of it. Ezikpe is bad at pick-and-roll defense and not a particularly good defender. Reed/Skillings are uknowns, but Skillings is going to go from playing the wing in a zone (at least based on what I've watched of him, which isn't a ton) to playing man-to-man as a SG, it may take an adjustment period (on the other hand, there's not a lot of other options for SG on the roster currently).
My prediction with current roster: PG: MAW 25 / Phinisee 15 SG: DDJ 28 / Newman 12 SF: Newman 12 / Hensley 20 / Skillings 8 PF: Davenport 25 / Ezikpe 5/ Ody 5/ Reed 5 C: Vik 20 / Ody 15 / Ezikpe 5 |
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But just the addition of some paint scoring is not going to get us to the dance. We need (as you say) someone to score/shoot from the wing. That would give us 4 options rather than 3 and take some focus of DDJ or JD etc. |
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04-21-2022, 08:44 AM | #187 | |
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Still not super stoked about Rob but at least we are getting better on one side of the ball. |
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04-21-2022, 09:06 AM | #188 | |
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We have one guy who is good on both sides of the ball in DDJ and there's some reason to debate that claim (he's undersized defensively and not a good three point shooter). We've got two guys who are scorers, but poor at defense and/or rebounding: Davenport and Ezikpe. We've have three guys who are excellent at defense, but bad shooters: MAW, Phinisee and Newman (though Newman has some offensive potential). Then we've got 5 guys who have the potential to be effective on both sides of the ball, but thus far haven't proven it on either side of the ball for long stretches: Ody, Hensley, Vik, Skillings and Reed. A team can manage with a couple of one skill guys on the court at the same time, but usually no more than 2. We need at least 3/4 guys who are effective on both ends of the court. |
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04-21-2022, 09:08 AM | #189 |
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If Rob is an excellent defender then I can accept his poor shooting as an individual player. The problem is that he will be playing alongside a 6' SG who isn't a great defender. I think that's going to counter some of Rob's strength on D. If the other team's best guard is the PG, it will make sense to put Rob on him. But that means we might have DDJ on a 6'6" SG. If their best player is a 6'6" SG, it might make more sense to have Newman on him and then we have Rob going up against a SF. And we're undersized with Davenport at the 4. It's hard to have a great defense with such a small lineup.
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04-21-2022, 09:34 AM | #190 |
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There's been a lot of debate about Davenport's role and the more I think about it the more I prefer him at the 3. He's supposed to be a "matchup problem" at the 4 but I don't think that's true. He doesn't have a good enough handle to get by most PFs when driving. And he doesn't finish very well either. So really he's just a shooter, which would create a matchup problem at the 5 but not so much the 4. Most PFs in the modern game can follow a guy who isn't that quick around the perimeter, especially if they don't need to be too worried about the drive.
We want three point shooting from Davenport. He can give us that just as well from the 3 spot. Defense I think is a wash. He's going to have issues whether he's guarding a bigger guy or a quicker guy. The benefit in moving him to the 3 is rebounding. It lets us play two bigs who can rebound and potentially score inside, and I think Davenport would be a good rebounder for a 3. Although the positions are nominally switched, Skyblade's rotation actually hints at that. He has Hensley playing 20 minutes at the 3 and Davenport 25 minutes at the 4. Playing those two together gives us more size and rebounding. It doesn't really matter which positions they are assigned. That will be something to consider if we don't bring in a wing. |
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