Kind of want Carrington back in the starting lineup, but can't disagree with you.
I agree. Mitchell can be an instant offense guy off the bench. A Charles Thomas or Quincy Lewis, so to speak.
Would probably go Carrington over JOJ tbh. I like 3 guards starting still. Mitchell first backup at guard and JOJ at forward. Either way, some kind of adjustment is needed to avoid getting in a hole early.
The issue is 3 out of the 4 most efficient players are most comfortable at the 4 or 5. I’d struggle to take JOJ out of the starting lineup because he has been one of the only ones to score buckets early.
I would hope so. He is so intimidating on the defensive end and he gives the team a whole different look athletically.
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I don’t get the Garcia love. He’s been turning the ball over, not shooting well, and not defending well. I think they are much better defensively when he’s not on the floor, and offensively they share the ball better and the floor opens up when he’s not in there.
What is relevant is how you start the game. If you are lacking intensity and get behind at the start of the game- that's a big problem. Not having our best and most physical player on the floor at the start is not a good idea.
Correct. He's a ball stopper on offense and if he isn't scoring at a high rate, he hurts the flow of the offense. When he's on, he's really good and he attracts a lot of attention, but lately he hasn't been so good.
Exactly. I normally put way more stock in who closes a game rather than who starts it, but when your team starts slow almost every game, something needs to be altered.
Normally I’d agree, but they’ve started every B1G game spotting the other team 10 points early. They need to mix it up.
Totally disagree 2 of our losses we have been down 11-2 and 10-1 before Payne comes in. Last night it was evident his presence was needed from the start. Indiana is huge physically. Getting down 10-1 on the road is a terrible idea. Why don’t you start your best post defender and have him finish the game.
Starting our best defensive five may help alleviate the early hemorrhaging. Always time to bring in offensive spark as needed. I’d say more, but gotta refill my drink.
We're not as think as you drunk we are.
Exactly. Garcia has shown obvious issues on both ends of the court
Actually 3 of our losses- San Fran, OSU and Indiana all started badly.
Maybe so but then we’d still have to figure out how to feed him in the post. So far we aren’t very good at that.
Getting Payne good post feeds is a missing ingredient to this team so far, and Payne showed what a force he could be last night. Observations about that and other observations: