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He needs to develop post moves.to be a go to center on offense, especially right hand and develop perimeter skills to be a four. He was also better at post defense than perimeter but guards both fairly well. We'll just have to wait and see what he develops into. TJD is very gifted but needs more skill development to reach full potential.I just saw an article from Dec. Guy said tjd should be a 5.
So What are Race and Brunk?
I just saw an article from Dec. Guy said tjd should be a 5.
So What are Race and Brunk?
I bet hunter gets time at the 4. His shooting ability will help draw bigs out.Race & TJD will be the 4/5's - neither is a 5. Brunk will hopefully only get about 10-15 minutes a game, unless he has taken a major leap forward in his ability. We will play a lot of small ball out of necessity - 4 guards/wings on the floor.
Unfortunately he probably will have to play some at the 4! We are extremely small and really need an additional big to give TJD & Race some rest. I am not sold on playing TJD & Race 30-35 min a game and I don't think Brunk should play more than 10-15 min a game (too slow, poor shooter outside of 3' and a terrible FT shooter).I bet hunter gets time at the 4. His shooting ability will help draw bigs out.
I think this will be hugely important for us. I hope he can hit outside shots.I bet hunter gets time at the 4. His shooting ability will help draw bigs out.
I think Brunk will play at least 15 mpg unless the other team is too quick at the 5. He had some really big moments for IU last year and that experience will pay off.Race & TJD will be the 4/5's - neither is a 5. Brunk will hopefully only get about 10-15 minutes a game, unless he has taken a major leap forward in his ability. We will play a lot of small ball out of necessity - 4 guards/wings on the floor.
More than likely you will see smaller lineups as IU will be limited to play two posts at a time due to Smith's departure. Only 4 forwards on the team this year with Brunk and TJD, Race & Jerome (Jerome's a stretch but he looks to have bulked up and can help guard inside depending on the match ups. That means three guards most of the time unless you play Hunter at the 3, but that makes IU thin when a big gets in foul trouble.I always thought our best lineup last year was Smith at the 4 and TJD at the 5. Smith was just not a good enough shooter to play the 3, but he was strong and athletic enough to play the 4 against most opponents. I liked what Justin brought with his defense and rebounding, but his inability to shoot the ball was the main reason we were last in the Big Ten last season in threes.
If you take away the combined >25% from 3 that Smith and Anderson gave us and replace it with the <40% that Hunter and Franklin shot over the last two months of the season then IU goes from an average shooting team to one of the best in the conference even with the loss of Green.
Now that Smith is gone, hopefully Hunter can play a little bit of the 4 and Race can continue improving his shot and we will have a lineup that's actually able to spread the defense out and leave TJD with more one-on-ones and kick out opportunities.
He needs to develop post moves.to be a go to center on offense, especially right hand and develop perimeter skills to be a four. He was also better at post defense than perimeter but guards both fairly well. We'll just have to wait and see what he develops into. TJD is very gifted but needs more skill development to reach full potential.
More than likely you will see smaller lineups as IU will be limited to play two posts at a time due to Smith's departure. Only 4 forwards on the team this year with Brunk and TJD, Race & Jerome (Jerome's a stretch but he looks to have bulked up and can help guard inside depending on the match ups. That means three guards most of the time unless you play Hunter at the 3, but that makes IU thin when a big gets in foul trouble.