I don’t like it. Clogs the lane with MR and Ballou. Double post yuck
You would rather have Williams or Payne than a top five center in college? This board is wearing me out.
It’s about skill set…MR and Ballou playing double post basketball won’t be as effective and a lineup with a shooter at the 4 and then a big like Ballou
Assembly Call brought up a good point. Ballo played two years along side Tubelis (who had shooting numbers similar to Reneau) who played a traditional PF role and AZ finished still finished top 10 in KenPom offensively both years. Only had 1 guard in either of those years shoot over 40% from 3.
Who cares about the fit. The guy is a monster, and will tear up the B10 including Williams and Payne. Get him and figure out the scheme later.
That's besides the point. A 2 big system works if you have dynamic guards. IU is still targeting very good guards in the portal. Get Rice and Conwell/Carlyle and Hickman off the bench and it could absolutely work.
Defense could be an issue also MR cannot guard on the perimeter. Also two of the guards combined for 166 made threes alone that year
Is he better than Ware? 12 and 10 last year
Different player. He will dominate in rebounding and post up defense. Two areas Reneau does not excel.
No, but Ware was our best player. IF we can get someone that is almost as good, Id be thrilled. Ballo is a better rebounder IMO, I don't know if stats back that up put I bet per 40 minutes were higher.
No and Reneau will have to guard on the perimeter. Something else he doesn’t do well.
Reneau doesn’t guard well anywhere.
Play half the game with Mgbako at the four. You don’t pass up this good of a player because he doesn’t fit Reneau.
For one year rental? I think you do.
You care so much about designing around Reneau that you would pass on potentially the best center in college next year. I’m running out of words.
I guess its a case of not unnecessarily forcing weaknesses to create different strengths. The real problem, whether we get Ballo or not, I guess, is who are we consistently playing in the 1-3 positions.
Woody hasn’t shown that he will be flexible with his line ups. MR will be starting so he’s you have to plan with him in the lineup. Much like he will probably start Trey. So now you have 3 guys starting that can’t shoot
Ballo and Reneau with a better version of Mgbako, a better PG than Xavier Johnson (Rice), and either Galloway or god forbid they upgrade (Carlyle/Conwell) would be an extremely dangerous lineup. UConn just won the national title with one guy shooting above 40% from 3.
What’s the volume? They also play outstanding defense. I’m not saying it can’t be done but looking at our personnel…it could look like this year.
1: Rice (maybe)
As good as he was, Ware struggled immensely against better big men and in bigger games:
Reneau and Trey aren’t shooters per se, but they can knock down open threes at an effective rate. We didn’t get any last year because we didn’t have a point guard to create any.
Conwell or Carlyle would start if either came here and I think Galloway would gladly relinquish starting the game if that were to be the case. I still think you'll see plenty of rotations where Mgbako slides to the 4 and you have a more true 3 guard/wing lineup.
First,MR's outside game is improving more than TJD's ever did. His D can still use better footwork. But not wanting Ballou is baffling to me,BSmitty.
Rumor is that Bradshaw is being heavily steered towards UNC by his agency.
