I was thinking about small ball, goin’ Reece, McKneely, Armaan, Dunn, and Traudt 
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Neckel always uncovering gems
https://twitter.com/DNeckel19/status/1625163690520596481
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Dam. Pretty amazing
Nah … you are what you repeatedly do … look at his dunk time stamped … barely got it with his fingertips … he’s an occasional wrist dunker … but imho not a forearm dunker.
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Small ball being taller and way more athletic than our current starting 5??? lol
And being taller than our starting 5 when Sheds was starting.
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Yeah, I really like that lineup. Do you not like it?
I guess when I said small ball I meant more stylistically, like how we play mostly now with Jayden and BVP at the 4 and 5, but I think having Dunn and Traudt at those spots will make for a great lineup on both ends.
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Armaan > Devon in terms of pro prospects in my opinion. Now Devon didn’t end up sticking but he got drafted.
I think Armaan makes a G League roster if he leaves now. Staying an extra year only makes him a year older and potential for regression.
Would disagree on this. Devon was a better defender and had better stats on a better team (his O and D rating both better than Franklin). He could play PG and had a bit more height - huge pull NBA wise, where Armaan can only really play an undersized SG in the NBA.
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Devon Hall had a 3 assist to 1 turnover ratio while shooting 43% from 3 on his final season. Along with having more length and size. And he didn’t need to rebound as heavily with the forwards we had on those teams.
It’s not really close but Armaan has been really good this year even if a tad inconsistent at times.
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Lol … I like any lineup with Traudt better than any lineup without him … including any of this year’s.
I actually just tire of undersized guys on the wing.
Would love to play actual wings their - size and athleticism factoring. Only exception would be if the dude is crazy athletic and can make up for it - like Gertrude potentially.
Our best rotations since 2013 almost always involved size and athleticism at the 3/4 spots.
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Agree. I’m hoping that lineup gets the bulk of the minutes next year (if Reece and Armaan return) with Bond, Kadin, Harris, and Gertrude off the bench.
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Ultimately the goal is to go small without actually sacrificing size. That’s an option every coach wants at his disposal in the 2020’s. Ryan Dunn allows us to do it. Part of the reason he’s so impactful in lineups efficiency stats.
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How hard is it for shooters to be consistent?
https://twitter.com/taylorcsnow/status/1625179129380233217
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Kansas is 4-and-4 in their last 8 games, but just leap-frogged us in the AP poll. I know it doesn’t really matter, but still…
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Exactly. Why is a recently 4-4 team leapfrogging to an elite spot? The Big12 owns two top 6 spots in the minds of voters, so they’re just gonna fill in the flavor of the week. Would appreciate some of that Big12 love in acknowledging our win over #9 Baylor.
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Maybe some voters are treating our Duke game as a loss?
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Great breakdown of what we have been doing well on offense in recent games:
I did not know that the Kihei-Reece pairing is +20.9 per 100 possessions on the year.
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Obviously the two need more minutes together. We’ve all been saying that for years.
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As the lone “Kihei and Reece are not an ideal pair” dead-ender here, and the only one who enjoys messing around with hoop-explorer.com, my theory is that the advantage of their pairing (and to be fair, it’s on the defensive side, too) IS NOT from some sort of Kihei+Reece offensive kismet. It’s from the advantage of “smaller ball” – that is, playing 4 guards and a big. Or 3 guards, Dunn, and a big (depending what you consider Dunn).
In other words, Reece + Kihei didn’t become good, it’s that BVP + Jayden became worse, and us “What’s wrong these lineups” truthers have had bigger fish to fry.
You’re welcome.
One of many queries you could run if you want to play with this
The flaw here is that Reece and Kihei are both having their best offensive years ever.and they’ve been roughly comparable in conference as well as our. Gardner has been worse this year but only very slightly.
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