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  1. My main complaint against Shaka was that he abandoned Havok from the start of his tenure even though we had some teams that would have been a perfect fit for it. Maddening.

    Then occasionally we would get down and employ a full court press and it would look great.  He clearly knows how to coach that style. And the fans love it. I will never understand his stubborn refusal to do what he is best at and what the fans are begging for.

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  2. KD had a much better handle than this kid. And a MUCH sweeter looking stroke.  But Holmgren looks to have more natural defensive instincts.  

    I'm personally not ready to anoint this kid yet. He isn't playing in high school anymore.  We will see how he does with physical 22 yr olds (much less grown men in the NBA).

  3. 57 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    I don’t think Jones is anywhere near a guaranteed starter.

    I think he is.  Carr is the starting PG and Timmy Allen is going to start at the 3 or 4.  Jones is our best SG and our 2nd best SF.  If we go big, Jones will start at the 2.  If we go small, Jones will start at the 3 (with Allen at the 4).  Who do you envision starting over him in either scenario?  
     

    The only scenario I can see is starting Askew and Carr at the two guard spots with Allen as the SF.  But I would much rather bring Askew off the bench with Ramey.

  4. 1 hour ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

    When it's all said and done I'm pretty sure Disu and Mitchell will be starting.

    I think the only ones we can guarantee will be starting are Marcus Carr, Timmy Allen and Andrew Jones.  Whether we go small with Allen at the 4 or big with him at the 3 remains to be seen.  I personally like going smaller like we did last night and especially think we will need Ramey's shooting and perimeter defense. But I can also see it looking like this:

    Starters

    • PG - Marcus Carr
    • SG - Andrew Jones
    • SF - Timmy Allen
    • PF - Dylan Disu
    • C - Tre Mitchell

    Bench

    • PG - Devin Askew
    • SG - Courtney Ramey
    • SF - Jase Febres
    • PF - Jaylon Tyson / Brock Cunningham
    • PF - Christian Bishop

    Which still proves my point that the 2nd unit is salty AF.  Askew looked like the real deal to me last night. It wouldn't surprise me if the above 2nd unit beat the starters on any given day.  

  5. This team is SOOOOO deep. The deepest of any Texas team I can remember. Whether the starting 5 are the most talented or not is debatable, but our second 5 would be reasonably competitive and have loads of starting experience.

    Askew - 20 starts at UK, 5 star

    Febres - 61 starts at UT

    Tyson - Natl top-35 freshman

    Disu - 48 starts, SEC leading rebounder

    Mitchell - 41 starts, 1st team A10

    Crap, our last guy off the bench is the 2nd all time leading scorer at Sul Ross.
     

    Practices must be insane pitting these guys against each other and then having blue collar guys like Brock Cunningham and Avery Benson coming in and bloodying people up.  The most amazing thing will be keeping everyone happy if they aren’t getting many minutes.

     

     

     

  6. Klay needs to pipe down.  He is not close to a top-75 player at this point.  He is a lot closer to Kevin Love than he is to Tony Parker or Dwight.

    Klay Thompson - 4x All-Star, 2x All-NBA (3rd x 2), 0 top-10 MVP finishes, #20 career 3s, 1 Title as #2, 2 Titles as #3, HoF probability 51.3%

    Kevin Love - 5x All-Star, 2x All-NBA (2nd x 2), 1 top-10 MVP finish, 1 Title as #3, 1x REB leader, HoF probability 73.5%

    Tony Parker - 6x All-Star, 4x All-NBA (2nd x 3, 3rd), 4 top-10 MVP finishes, #19 career AST, #57 career PTS, 3 Titles as #2, 1 Title as #3, Finals MVP, HoF probability 93.9%

    Dwight Howard - 8x All-Star, 5x All-NBA 1st Team, 5 top-10 MVP finishes, 3x DPoY, 6x REB leader, Dunk Champ, #7 career FG%, #12 career REB, #15 career BLK, 1 Title as #4, HoF probability 99.7%

     

     

     

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