parahawkeyes
Well-Known Member
First and foremost: Anthony Clemmons starting and getting big minutes makes 2-2 a reach more than a disappointing start.
Now with the obvious out of the way, people are forgetting just what pre-season means. We're using last year's team and dropping Dickerson where Marble used to be roster-wise. Aforementioned Clemmons getting the minutes. No progress can be made like that.
Uthoff breaking out as the big Forward is huge. Far too often we had that the last couple years but couldn't deliver, with Basabe handcuffing us at the 4, forcing White way out of his game. On a similar note as the Clemmons part, Dickerson will get those minutes. Jok's flashes will become regularities.
Everything we expected out of Dickerson and Jok will come to fruition around the 15 game mark. Those are formalities, as were losing the two early games when you replace Marble with Clemmons. Woodbury looks primed to take the big man role, Gessell seeing the court extremely well, Uthoff ready to be the 12-15 PPG scorer. The wild cards were supposed to be Dickerson as incoming star and White as team star. None of that needs to happen if Uthoff-Gessell-Woodbury do what they're easily capable of. This leaves Jok and Olaseni there as insurance. I guess I should say Oglesby, given he's a senior guard and all. I'm way out on a limb guessing that'll be a factor, aren't I?
Again, everything we've seen thus far is FAR MORE a product of how last year's team went than it is where this year's team is going. We just need to learn to trust people who we aren't used to trusting. Ball distribution will be excellent, front court play already a plus. All we're waiting for is the team to establish its identity, and when it does it will be grandioso.
Now with the obvious out of the way, people are forgetting just what pre-season means. We're using last year's team and dropping Dickerson where Marble used to be roster-wise. Aforementioned Clemmons getting the minutes. No progress can be made like that.
Uthoff breaking out as the big Forward is huge. Far too often we had that the last couple years but couldn't deliver, with Basabe handcuffing us at the 4, forcing White way out of his game. On a similar note as the Clemmons part, Dickerson will get those minutes. Jok's flashes will become regularities.
Everything we expected out of Dickerson and Jok will come to fruition around the 15 game mark. Those are formalities, as were losing the two early games when you replace Marble with Clemmons. Woodbury looks primed to take the big man role, Gessell seeing the court extremely well, Uthoff ready to be the 12-15 PPG scorer. The wild cards were supposed to be Dickerson as incoming star and White as team star. None of that needs to happen if Uthoff-Gessell-Woodbury do what they're easily capable of. This leaves Jok and Olaseni there as insurance. I guess I should say Oglesby, given he's a senior guard and all. I'm way out on a limb guessing that'll be a factor, aren't I?
Again, everything we've seen thus far is FAR MORE a product of how last year's team went than it is where this year's team is going. We just need to learn to trust people who we aren't used to trusting. Ball distribution will be excellent, front court play already a plus. All we're waiting for is the team to establish its identity, and when it does it will be grandioso.
