2023 UVa Offseason Chatter

You figured it out right? Sorry I never sent the link

Hate to break it to y’all, but there aren’t enough minutes to go around for every player the forum has high hopes for breaking out. Something’s gotta give, and apparently it isn’t going to be minutes at the short point guard who can’t shoot position.

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On 1. Truly great play making defenders are never out of the play. Groves with a nice fake to get open and beat Leon but Leon adjusted so fast. Continuous even

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I think it means (and hope) he’ll have a Dunn type impact from last year. 8-10mins per game (building up to the 10 as the year goes on). Most of the impact on the defensive end with the occasional highlight dunk and flash offensively

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Keep working on overall ballhandling I think and he will be good to go/ contribute

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could see him in some real small ball lines ups on occasion with him and dunn at 4 and 5 with Rohde providing height at the 3.

X transitioning nicely from forehead dunker to wrist dunker/shooter

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SVG said this really well - re: his Badger successor Dick Bennett. ā€œQ: How do you limit turnovers? A: don’t play the guys who turn it overā€

I don’t love that philosophy, but nobody cares what I think (but knowing that doesn’t stop me from posting it :joy:)

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I’ve heard a pretty credible rumor of Bond playing the 4 on offense and the 3 on defense some, swapping offense/defense with Dunn and letting him be a mover on O. That they see him as having a game like Gardner in that midrangey area but more mobile/explosive.

Not confident enough in it to say that’s for certain, though.

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No need to fly over the backboard in August. Cory A was great at conserving when it didnt matter as much

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Green team must’ve lost their scouting report going under screens on McKneely

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I’d have to think for this to be true it would mean Dunn is seen as a credible threat from 3.

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Same with ā€œold manā€ Beeks. As needed he will periodically double hand dunk or throw down from the freethrow line.

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That’s why we have red shirts. Whole new world when you start red shirting 2nd and 3rd yrs.

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Dunn’s shot actually would benefit from a RS year, but my mental health would never recover.

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That block on Groves was so slick from Bond. Imagine pairing his length and athleticism with Dunn at the 4, Buchanan at the 5, Gertrude at the 2, and Beeks at the 1. Not the first time I’ve brought up this lineup but on paper it’s almost the perfect packline defensive lineup

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Now imagine that crew picking up full court and jumping and running old school style!

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Keep going. I’m almost there

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If there is a just world we will see a lineup of Gertrude McKneely Rohde Bond Dunn for atleast 5 minutes.

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Rohde, IMac, Bond, Dunn, Minor