Oso planning to go pro
Maybe put Luke at the 5 just for height and matchups. There’s enough defense and athleticism on the floor with DJO, Jimmy, and Jae. I’d also probably start Lazar over Jimmy and Jimmy be the 6th man
Exact same but someone is going to say they'd take Gardner.In a game this team gets murdered if the opposing team is remotely tall.
This is almost exclusively focused on offense. If I have Howard, DJO, Jimmy Butler, & Jae Crowder, give me 2018-19 Theo John at the 5. Based on the defensive numbers Paint Touches shared a week or two ago, it's an easy call.
I like the team as is but calling Hayward a center is cheating a little, since I suspect he was never listed as such in his 4 years. He was so much better than the actual centers to be considered, it is acceptable to me. Since they are working on single season, Henry Ellenson at C would work for me, even though he was technically a F too. I disagree that a tall team would whip that line up, as Crowder, Butler and Hayward would get their fair share of rebounds and were strong enough to make things difficult for taller players.
Pick 5 individual player seasons from this decade (2010-2019) and build the best possible team. I broke it down by levels in the post, but don't think there will be too much variance among 4 of the 5. https://painttouches.com/2019/07/18/marquette-basketball-all-decade-team/PG: Markus Howard ’19SG: Darius Johnson-Odom ’12SF: Jimmy Butler ’11PF: Jae Crowder ’12C: Lazar Hayward ’10Who you got?
Positions no matta. I'd have no problem with Hayward, Ellenson, or even Sam Hauser (had he not transferred) at "C".I'd lean Ellenson for the size. I also project Ellenson would be much more efficient if he was surrounded by Howard, DJO, Butler, and Crowder.HowardDJOButlerCrowderEllenson
Henry put up some pretty good numbers to be left off.17 pts and 9.7 reb (only the easy ones?)The last guy in that neighborhood over the years was David Boone 30 years earlier (15.3 & 10.6)Prior to that it was Bo, Lucas, McNeill and Chones.
They made the team by position. Jae was the PF and he was Big East player of the year and Second team All America and the team went to Sweet 16.Lazar was the center and had a great season and led the team to the tournament . Henry has a good season but not up to the level of those two .
People not picking ellenson at all? Dude took what would have been the worst mu team in 20 something years and made them somewhat competent.
Markus is the only one of the five who would be allowed to enroll at MU today by the braintrust.
I think Jae is the only one who wouldn’t be.
Not a JUCO signed since Buzz left is not a coincidence. Lazar and his ND Prep record is definitely a no. Vander, Junior and Gardner are definite no's. Maybe Jimmy but no way on DJO as his records weren't even in order.Not to mention that Wojo doesn't have the JUCO connections Buzz has.