What do you see as the rotations out west in PAC-12 country that will give us the best chance at a split, or most unlikely TWO victories as we look forward to SEC home opener against UF?
Here's my two cents worth: Gotta give the chance to start to Donaldson over Zep, as Zep has shown nothing
on the offensive end this year - can't shoot, can't drive and is a below average passer / rebounder. Start KD at the TWO, and save ZEP on the bench should we need him as a defensive stopper; in case any of the opposing players start to go off.
AND, if Wendell is healthy enough to play, (doubtful I believe), let's move Wendell to the 2, and see if he can get some open looks off of kickbacks from the paint, or dribble drive penetration by his teammates who find him out on the perimeter. His ankle will not limit him as much if he's not the primary ball handler.
Start AF over Moore, the athleticism of this kid is off the charts, but his BB IQ just needs to catch up. I'm hoping the mental side of him gets a boost as he sees himself as a "starter" rather than a SUB.
One offensive issue that we have is our Centers (Broome/Cardwell) are not the right choice to be our top of the key screening options. The opposing defense does not even come out past the FT line when the ball finds its way to the centers' hands. This effectively takes away the driving options of our 1-2-3 players as the lane is clogged. Let's use Jaylin as the primary screener who is seeing the court effectively and is starting to get in a groove with the 3 pt shot. As a side benefit, JWill is one of our better passers and should be able to get the ball to our "low block" center options giving them a good chance to score from 5-7 feet in.
Broome / Cardwell are obviously being taught to switch off of their man against a pick and roll, but neither are capable of staying in front of a quality PG such as Kendric Davis of Memphis showed. This is only going to get worse for our defense when we start SEC play. What makes this even more damaging, is that our "SMALL Guards" are then matched up down low against a very large and/or strong 4-5 which leads to easy buckets or at worst offensive rebounds that give them another possession.
Bruce is starting to see the light as he is beginning to shorten the bench's minutes, and recognizing the pieces that should be playing. It's up to the kids to continue to get better on not only the offensive end, but defensive as well. Our greatest weakness on D is that our constant switching leads to terrible mismatches that lead to easy baskets and being out hustled for the 50-50 balls that are not going our way. It's frustrating to see our players running down the court trying to get a fast break started before actually securing the ball and getting it into the guards' hands.
Yes this is TL/DR material but was interested in hearing your thoughts/comments.
Here's my two cents worth: Gotta give the chance to start to Donaldson over Zep, as Zep has shown nothing
on the offensive end this year - can't shoot, can't drive and is a below average passer / rebounder. Start KD at the TWO, and save ZEP on the bench should we need him as a defensive stopper; in case any of the opposing players start to go off.
AND, if Wendell is healthy enough to play, (doubtful I believe), let's move Wendell to the 2, and see if he can get some open looks off of kickbacks from the paint, or dribble drive penetration by his teammates who find him out on the perimeter. His ankle will not limit him as much if he's not the primary ball handler.
Start AF over Moore, the athleticism of this kid is off the charts, but his BB IQ just needs to catch up. I'm hoping the mental side of him gets a boost as he sees himself as a "starter" rather than a SUB.
One offensive issue that we have is our Centers (Broome/Cardwell) are not the right choice to be our top of the key screening options. The opposing defense does not even come out past the FT line when the ball finds its way to the centers' hands. This effectively takes away the driving options of our 1-2-3 players as the lane is clogged. Let's use Jaylin as the primary screener who is seeing the court effectively and is starting to get in a groove with the 3 pt shot. As a side benefit, JWill is one of our better passers and should be able to get the ball to our "low block" center options giving them a good chance to score from 5-7 feet in.
Broome / Cardwell are obviously being taught to switch off of their man against a pick and roll, but neither are capable of staying in front of a quality PG such as Kendric Davis of Memphis showed. This is only going to get worse for our defense when we start SEC play. What makes this even more damaging, is that our "SMALL Guards" are then matched up down low against a very large and/or strong 4-5 which leads to easy buckets or at worst offensive rebounds that give them another possession.
Bruce is starting to see the light as he is beginning to shorten the bench's minutes, and recognizing the pieces that should be playing. It's up to the kids to continue to get better on not only the offensive end, but defensive as well. Our greatest weakness on D is that our constant switching leads to terrible mismatches that lead to easy baskets and being out hustled for the 50-50 balls that are not going our way. It's frustrating to see our players running down the court trying to get a fast break started before actually securing the ball and getting it into the guards' hands.
Yes this is TL/DR material but was interested in hearing your thoughts/comments.
