This probably isn’t the thread for this discussion but a crazy thought is that our actual most efficient two-man pairing that season was Dunn and Shedrick. Of course that could have changed with more sample size - but for a defensive-focused program it’s surprising to me that we were so averse to just having a monstrous frontcourt and letting our guards carry more offense - given how poorly we defended when we played some of those other lineups. Anyway - won’t derail any more.
Edit* - honestly this is probably one of the better examples of how process-oriented Bennett was vs. how results-focused Odom is. Like, the actual defensive output wasn’t Bennett’s primary concern - it was the fundamentals of the execution. Where Odom is much more just “what works” and will always lean toward that.
Personally, I gravitate more toward the latter philosophy - but there’s certainly merit in the former and may have a higher ceiling when given the ability to refine longer term.