NikeHawk21
Well-Known Member
First I'll preface by saying the competition wasn't great and nobody on our team played bad per say.
Winners:
Garza: See Hype train thread
Moss: Was extremely efficient offensively. May have separated himself further from Ellingson at the 2.
Williams: appeared to have regained some confidence in his game.
Losers:
Kriener: This one will take some explaining. RK had a great PTL and played fine on this trip. Here is the issue I see for him. The first two games of this trip Cook was actually the "5" man or center of his group. That has lead me to believe that he will still spend time there this year. I would expect Garza to start at the 5 alongside Cook at the 4, but if Cook is playing the backup 5 minutes that spells trouble for RK's minutes. Logically this makes sense because it allows Fran to play Cook, Pemsl, and Garza (IMO our 3 best bigs) the majority of the minutes at the 4 & 5 positions. Next up is Nunge who has the height of a 5 and the foot speed of a 4, whereas RK as the height of a 4 and the footspeed of a 5. RK's main strength over the others is his outside shooting, but how much of a factor is outside shooting for your 4th or 5th big man? I feel bad for the kid because he is good enough to play at this level, but quite frankly Cook, Pemsl, Garza, and likely Nunge are better players.
Ellingson: see Moss
Winners:
Garza: See Hype train thread
Moss: Was extremely efficient offensively. May have separated himself further from Ellingson at the 2.
Williams: appeared to have regained some confidence in his game.
Losers:
Kriener: This one will take some explaining. RK had a great PTL and played fine on this trip. Here is the issue I see for him. The first two games of this trip Cook was actually the "5" man or center of his group. That has lead me to believe that he will still spend time there this year. I would expect Garza to start at the 5 alongside Cook at the 4, but if Cook is playing the backup 5 minutes that spells trouble for RK's minutes. Logically this makes sense because it allows Fran to play Cook, Pemsl, and Garza (IMO our 3 best bigs) the majority of the minutes at the 4 & 5 positions. Next up is Nunge who has the height of a 5 and the foot speed of a 4, whereas RK as the height of a 4 and the footspeed of a 5. RK's main strength over the others is his outside shooting, but how much of a factor is outside shooting for your 4th or 5th big man? I feel bad for the kid because he is good enough to play at this level, but quite frankly Cook, Pemsl, Garza, and likely Nunge are better players.
Ellingson: see Moss