Obviously still have some work to do. Stay healthy, avoid slow starts, stop silly turnovers. But with JQ and Lowe on the court at the same time, this team looked tough.
We’re going to be alright
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Lowe has to be healthy for this team to do anything. Noah needs to be cut from rotation. BG backs up JQ.
Lowe
Oweh
Aberdeen
Mo
JQ
Chandler
Williams
BG
That's the rotation.
Lowe
Oweh
Aberdeen
Mo
JQ
Chandler
Williams
BG
That's the rotation.
Looking more like the team we expected them to be.
If, and it’s a big if, we can stay healthy, we are a legit contender.
If, and it’s a big if, we can stay healthy, we are a legit contender.
I know how Churchill felt when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
I really like what I see with Lowe and JQ on the floor together. Oweh is also playing much better. I'm not convinced St. John's is a good team, but I don't really care. It's more about how we played.
That looked like the kind of physicality that beat us every time last year.
I think you’re selling Moreno a bit short.
Yes, a much better team with everyone healthy and on the floor together. I hope everyone can stay that way and go on a run this year.
I actually forgot about him lol. He's a damn good freshman center. But BG has turned it up the last 2 games.
Aberdeen can leave the team now as far as I’m concerned. He has hurt this roster with his selfish play.
This is silly. Yeah he needs to unscrew himself- but that's literally the only reasonable backup we have. JJ isn't ready.
We need all hands on deck. We have talented kids. Just not especially offensively talented. But we can be great defensively. I think Pope has embraced that. But with this style you are gonna need different guys to step up on any given night. I hope Jelavic gets his chance.
Yeah I don't know what's up with that. He clunked that wide open no look from Lowe. Very uncharacteristic.
The slow starts are becoming alarming.
I would still like to see JJ get some minutes because of his talent. He needs to pass and defend though. I get why he wouldn’t be in it because we need defense to win.
Health, defense, and rebounding will be the keys to success IMO. Effort, desire, and teamwork seem to be there.
Point guard play is vitally important to offensive success. Jaland is the guy but will he be able to physically hold up for the season. His penetration and ability to attract the attention of all 5 defenders should open up opportunities for everyone. JQ creates problems with his physical play, athleticism, and hustle to the offensive and defensive boards when a shot goes up. Our depth may pay dividends in the 2nd half of games, if we continue to apply pressure to wear down our opponents.
We still have a pulse. GBB!
Point guard play is vitally important to offensive success. Jaland is the guy but will he be able to physically hold up for the season. His penetration and ability to attract the attention of all 5 defenders should open up opportunities for everyone. JQ creates problems with his physical play, athleticism, and hustle to the offensive and defensive boards when a shot goes up. Our depth may pay dividends in the 2nd half of games, if we continue to apply pressure to wear down our opponents.
We still have a pulse. GBB!
Yep. You can ALWAYS give effort despite injuries.
We need to stay healthy but we def. need to keep playing hard nose defense
At best. The last 2 games he has been horrible
I really think that Marino is over Garrison although Brandon has been playing better lately. MM has more of a upside and is a much better rebounder than Garrison.
Yep.. I think Pope sees it too.... Williams is on the court at the end of games now instead of him.... what little offense we have breaks down when Aberdeen decides to go one on three into the lane
12 minutes of Garrison tonight. That's a perfect amount for him. I wants to see JQ and Mo on the floor together as much as possible. That's some serious toughness.
I would try him as a spot up shooter and see if he can do it.
MM is definitely better. I wouolld still give Garrison minutes, but JQ has to get 30 when he is in shape IMO
We still have a pulse. I’m all in on seeing where this goes.
What does that have to do with missing a 3 in the corner?
This. We've won back to back games for the first time in a while. Time to build.
I believe that, in a month, JQ will play 25+ minutes, sometimes in tandem with MM while he spells Mo. MM will get the majority of the backup minutes with Garrison getting 5-10 minutes. Of course, foul trouble and whoever has the hot hand will cause these minutes to change from game to game.
I would use BG to spell him only. 5 minutes per game. I really don’t like his game and he kills us everytime we get a 6 point lead and he thinks it’s his time to show the scouts he can brick 3’s.
I’m not sure he’ll get go 30 in his condition. Not sure I would risk it. I mean I’d love him to get 30, but I’m not sure they’ll do that night in and night out.
It’s one of the more interesting seasons we’ve had in a while. How good are they healthy? What would our record be? How healthy will they stay? How far can they go healthy?
If they could somehow get Williams and Chandler to go lights out for the remainder of the season, and JLO stay healthy and actually be a 38% guy, that’s pretty wild to think about. And JLOW can do that, or close to it. He’s done it before.
