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For the 2019-20 season, who do you think will start at the 4? Will Wojo stick with his 4-out offense and start Bailey/Cain, or will he modify his offense and use Ed at the 4? From the late spring/early summer tea leaves, I think Wojo wants Ed to lose a little weight, work on his jumper out to 15 feet, and start at the 4, leaving JJ and Theo to split time at the 5. Benefits of Ed starting at the 4: Takes care of the defensive rebounding concerns. Won't get outmuscled down low. Two shot blockers on the floor at the same time when paired with Theo. If Koby is who he projects to be, Greg gets healthy, and Symir is ready to go, Ed's ability to finish around the rim through contact will come in handy, with an abundance of dump off opportunities. Liabilities: Can Ed guard on the perimeter? Not a lot of other schools run two post players in their offenses. What does it do to spacing on offense? If he and Theo are anchored to the low blocks, where are the driving lanes? Don't we want Bailey on the floor as much as possible?
Markus, Koby, Sacar, Bailey, TheoI think it will depend on our opponent as to who guards the opponent's "4." If it's a thicker but shorter "4" you might see Sacar or even Koby guarding him at times with Bailey hounding the opponent's scoring guard with his length.
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I don't know if he'll start there, but I do think we will see a lot of lineups with Sacar as the 4.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
Not sure who will play the 4, but sign me up for thinking that Ed at the 4 will be an unmitigated disaster.My guess is we play 4 “guards” around a big offensively. With bailey, sacar etc considered as guards. I think bailey and sacar can athletically defend 4s on defense, my concern is both have been poor rebounders heretofore.
Remember, the other team has to figure out how to guard MU. Chess game.
Modern basketball is play your best five and don't worry about position. I would hope we go small and run, run, run.
With Theo having their back, Sacar, Brendan, or even Jamal will hold up in most games at the 4. With Theo out, I'd be a tad more concerned, but it is what it is.I seem to remember hearing around when he arrived that Sacar was spending some time working at the 4.
The hope is that ball movement, spacing, extra pass is improved, instead of pounding it into the ground as much.
For me, the hoped-for biggest difference between last year's offense and this year's is that we get more easy baskets -- either in transition after good defensive plays, or through early offense.With McEwen, Bailey, Elliott, Torrence and Cain, we have the personnel to get deflections, steals and breakaway dunks/layups. (He said, hopefully.)