I agree with this, from the perspective of the season as a whole.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:14 pmI think we are basically forced to play (or attempt to play) DMac and Mitch for 30ish combined minutes most nights. Wilson and Enaruna can't play the 5 for 25+min a night imo. Just doesn't seem realistic when we are going to have to play MG and DH together for a lot of those minutes.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:07 pmSo you say that we are doing all we can and then say we are not doing all we can?BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:01 pmHard to play small ball with 2 non shooters on the floor and nobody truly elite at consistently getting to the hoop for easy points.
I think we are doing about all we can with the roster we have. If Dave eliminates the jumpers and cuts down on the turnovers then we are in a decent spot. But in the end this team must outscore other teams from behind the arc. We can't take and make less 3s than our opponents and expect to win very often. That is our teams strength with wilson och and cb.
We already played small ball this season. It worked in spurts. I think the way out is mixing those lineups in and using Mac/MG differently. The current setup isn't working.
That said, when we were down, say 14 in the second half, why didn't we go 5 guards at all?
I've probably been the biggest advocate on this board of playing a big as our base system...but even I think there are times when going 5 out is our best option, at least in stretches.