Gotta start Galloway
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was Galloway out there much with Reneau and Ballo together much? I like Galloway off the bench, Carlyle will be fine
Clearly? He had a nice stretch late. He was awful before that stretch. No way he should be a starter right now.
This team lags an identity. It looks like the gaurds (Rice amd Carlyle) locking down defensively and pushing pace might be the plan. Galloway coming off the bench and able to play multiple spots might be another piece.
Tucker needs minutes as well. There are a lot of pieces that need to come together. The good news is there are a lot of pieces, and this team has options.
Pushing pace, iso for Ballo, kickouts off drives to Mgbako. Definitely a simple plan, but the guard play was overall better tonight than early last year.
Rice didn't have a great night but I think he will be fine.
We have two separate styles that can be successful. Let's start Reneau, Mgbako, Rice, Carlyle and Tucker. We can defend the perimeter well and run. Then bring in Galloway and Ballo for Reneau and one of the guards and run a steady diet of pick and roll with Ballo. You could play those 7 players with a sprinkling of Goode for Mgbako, keep the bigs separated and manipulate the pace of the game, utilize each player to their strengths and not get fired if you're Woody.
Noted elsewhere that Carlyle”s defensive footwork and body positioning was poor. Leaning and reaching will be called in league play
who said that??? He is our best defender and I don't think it is close.
I did. He may be our best defender but he has to get square with his feet up under. He can’t reach and lean the way he is currently. Or he will get called.
Watch Cupps. He is half the athlete but his positioning is better.
Are you Fing with me?
I think one of the brightest spots of the game was Kanaans defense. Cupps should never see the floor and gets cooked constantly.
right on Kanaan, wrong on Cupps. Solid for what he is: backup, pass-first PG. We can milk a lot of PG minutes out of Rice, Carlyle and Galloway, so a true backup PG is less of a concern, but I think after Rice, Cupps is the next "true PG". If you want an interesting bet, it won't surprise me if he leads the team in 3 pt %.
Honestly think you must be thinking of Rice.
I'm sure Carlyle got beat a time or two last night. Their guards were actually pretty decent, and when you're pressuring like that, its basically impossible to not get beat every now and then. But it was rare if it happened.
Rice got caught reaching, and leaning, a number of times.
Cupps is a very good on the ball defender as well. But gets caught up in movement way too much. Defending ball and player movement isn't an easy thing to do though...which is why I harp on our offense not doing it, as much as I do.
Cupps lead the team in 3P%? How much and where do I sign.
No chance he shoots better than Mack. Forget the rest of the team.
I'd probably not bet it, but it won't surprise me if it happens. Mbako's going to take way more 3s and will be the focus of defenses and Cupps is going to get a lot of open looks. Don't we already have a bet for this year of minutes for Cupps vs Newton?
Let's calm down and remember it's only 1 game. Galloway's recovering from an injury and hasn't had a lot of court time so he won't start for these first few games and Carlyle will get his chance to show he should start, but Galloway's going to get plenty of minutes too as he gets his legs back. From the highlights I watched, Carlyle has a lot more offensive game that he hasn't shown yet. I think 6th man might be the perfect spot for TG, so give Carlyle a chance.
You missed my point. I never said Cupps was better. He simply has better defensive footwork. And you REALLY aren’t going to like this but Scoop had the same issue
Carlyle is good and will get better
Cupps runs down the court, passes, and then goes to the corner and waits. Rinse wash and repeat. Seems like a great kid but right now he is not adding anything to the team.
