Quote from: bball purist on January 06, 2015, 06:11:36 PMQuote from: Marco Baldi on January 06, 2015, 06:10:11 PMQuote from: Poison on January 06, 2015, 06:01:39 PMQuote from: Marco Baldi on January 06, 2015, 03:08:14 PMMaybe Lavin will throw a wrench into Novas game plan. Bring Obekpa off the bench, let jones, big Joey or Vanilla ice bang their bigs for first 3 minsThat's the kind of strategy that we'd be all over Lavin for, but at some point, Delarosa will be there for defense. It's inevitable. I haven't seen enough of him to know if he's capable of playing at all at this level. We know his limitations, but he has shown a little promise on d. Pinkston and Ochefu are polished upperclassman who on paper, would eat him alive. We know we're need him. Jones doesn't guard anyone so he wouldn't be able to foul anyone. Alibegovic is lost on d. I'd rather go small and try to run them out of the building, but I still expect to see Joey D for 10-15 minutes tonight. And I think we're asking for a Albert Richardson on Elton Brand type of defensive effort tonight. I remember that game like it was yesterday. Richardson didn't leave his feet, and his arms were ready to change the direction of shots. It doesn't show up in the box score, but if Delarosa can contribute comparably, we can win. I think of it this way, we have Opekpa for the first 3 mins, or for the rest of the halfDo you think he can be aggressive, and change/block some shots and not foul? I say 60/40 on being able to do it.No. I don't think he has shown that he can do that yet. Jay Wright knows this. I know guys here will hate the reference, but Cluess has brought Laury off the bench in the past for the same reason.
Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 06, 2015, 06:10:11 PMQuote from: Poison on January 06, 2015, 06:01:39 PMQuote from: Marco Baldi on January 06, 2015, 03:08:14 PMMaybe Lavin will throw a wrench into Novas game plan. Bring Obekpa off the bench, let jones, big Joey or Vanilla ice bang their bigs for first 3 minsThat's the kind of strategy that we'd be all over Lavin for, but at some point, Delarosa will be there for defense. It's inevitable. I haven't seen enough of him to know if he's capable of playing at all at this level. We know his limitations, but he has shown a little promise on d. Pinkston and Ochefu are polished upperclassman who on paper, would eat him alive. We know we're need him. Jones doesn't guard anyone so he wouldn't be able to foul anyone. Alibegovic is lost on d. I'd rather go small and try to run them out of the building, but I still expect to see Joey D for 10-15 minutes tonight. And I think we're asking for a Albert Richardson on Elton Brand type of defensive effort tonight. I remember that game like it was yesterday. Richardson didn't leave his feet, and his arms were ready to change the direction of shots. It doesn't show up in the box score, but if Delarosa can contribute comparably, we can win. I think of it this way, we have Opekpa for the first 3 mins, or for the rest of the halfDo you think he can be aggressive, and change/block some shots and not foul? I say 60/40 on being able to do it.
Quote from: Poison on January 06, 2015, 06:01:39 PMQuote from: Marco Baldi on January 06, 2015, 03:08:14 PMMaybe Lavin will throw a wrench into Novas game plan. Bring Obekpa off the bench, let jones, big Joey or Vanilla ice bang their bigs for first 3 minsThat's the kind of strategy that we'd be all over Lavin for, but at some point, Delarosa will be there for defense. It's inevitable. I haven't seen enough of him to know if he's capable of playing at all at this level. We know his limitations, but he has shown a little promise on d. Pinkston and Ochefu are polished upperclassman who on paper, would eat him alive. We know we're need him. Jones doesn't guard anyone so he wouldn't be able to foul anyone. Alibegovic is lost on d. I'd rather go small and try to run them out of the building, but I still expect to see Joey D for 10-15 minutes tonight. And I think we're asking for a Albert Richardson on Elton Brand type of defensive effort tonight. I remember that game like it was yesterday. Richardson didn't leave his feet, and his arms were ready to change the direction of shots. It doesn't show up in the box score, but if Delarosa can contribute comparably, we can win. I think of it this way, we have Opekpa for the first 3 mins, or for the rest of the half
Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 06, 2015, 03:08:14 PMMaybe Lavin will throw a wrench into Novas game plan. Bring Obekpa off the bench, let jones, big Joey or Vanilla ice bang their bigs for first 3 minsThat's the kind of strategy that we'd be all over Lavin for, but at some point, Delarosa will be there for defense. It's inevitable. I haven't seen enough of him to know if he's capable of playing at all at this level. We know his limitations, but he has shown a little promise on d. Pinkston and Ochefu are polished upperclassman who on paper, would eat him alive. We know we're need him. Jones doesn't guard anyone so he wouldn't be able to foul anyone. Alibegovic is lost on d. I'd rather go small and try to run them out of the building, but I still expect to see Joey D for 10-15 minutes tonight. And I think we're asking for a Albert Richardson on Elton Brand type of defensive effort tonight. I remember that game like it was yesterday. Richardson didn't leave his feet, and his arms were ready to change the direction of shots. It doesn't show up in the box score, but if Delarosa can contribute comparably, we can win.
Maybe Lavin will throw a wrench into Novas game plan. Bring Obekpa off the bench, let jones, big Joey or Vanilla ice bang their bigs for first 3 mins
Jamal needs to start shooting. He is no factor on offense!!
Jordan needs to let things come naturally and not force them.