Jersey77 wrote: ↑11 months ago
bigappleram wrote: ↑11 months ago
Opening night starters IMO:
Kortright
House
Weston
Montgomery
Brown
Foumena
Rory
Green
Estevez
Dubsky
Brown doesn’t seem capable to play the 4 so due to experience and early season coaching tendencies im giving Brown the nod at the 5. That moves Montgomery to a small ball 4.
BAR, I agree with your staring 5 as of now.
You left Always out, subbing for Luis at PG.
Green I would leave out for now unless he is granted a waiver.
That small line-up will be a concern though, because Brown and Foumena need to hold down the paint with no Div. 1 experience.
But that is the situation we are currently in.
Similar to BIlau, Brown made a nice impact at the juco level. In fact, Brown made a better impact than BIlau. I worry about how he adjusts on the offensive end at this level, but I'm confident he will be able to rebound and defend better than any of our bigs last year. He's a strong physical player that won't be intimated like our frontcourt looked last year.
Bar, I agree with that starting lineup. You have to find a way to start Zek and Weston as they are both too talented to be a bench player with this current roster. That starting 5 will want to RUN. You have multiple guys that can finish well and attack the rim. My guess is we will struggle in the half-court and be our best on the fast break.
If I had to guess, I would think Always is above Cam and Connor in the guard rotation, but that's a total guess. Out of Connor and Cam, I would guess Cam is more ready.
Foumena was and still is my favorite big man we picked up last year. I'm assuming we will have to deal with some growing pains from him playing in real action for the first time, but as he plays more, I think you'll see him keep improving. Especially on the offensive end, as he has a lot of talent on that end of the floor. I hope he has a role and we have some designed plays for him. I don't want him wandering like Weston was in many games. I disagreed with Archie's role for Weston last year. I expect Weston to make a nice jump on the offensive end this season.
I would be very surprised if Green weren't eligible. This team needs his size and ability to shoot, so I think he will be a nice piece off the bench. The same goes for Rory. We saw a very confident shooter late in the year. I hope he worked on his speed and strength this offseason because if he can hold his own on the defensive end, he's an asset when his shot is falling.