To be fair we play guys out of position all of the time too, though. We just normally skew more the opposite direction when we do.
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The hardest thing defensively in today’s game is go from guarding forwards to guards, 4 to 3. There really isn’t a small forward position anymore, just a SG at the 3. They’re triple threat players, vs the wing forwards at the 4 who are usually one dimensional. It’s just a tough leap, not many players ever make it. Guards become forwards, rarely the other way.
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I couldn’t have said it better!
Idk. I hear you, but if you’re going to play a player like Jake Groves out of position defensively I’d much rather put him on most 3s in the ACC (with solid 4 and 5 help behind him if he’s beaten off of the bounce) than on many Centers where the entire defense has to collapse to support him on virtually every possession. Anecdotally, our small-ball lineups each of the past three seasons were MUCH worse defensively than our big lineups. Quality Centers are still king in college hoops.
Personally, I think the hardest thing defensively is to play team defense without the proper collective positional length/athleticism. You tend to just lose advantages incrementally everywhere - on the glass, in passing lanes, contesting shots and having them contested, etc. And I think that’s the biggest roster-building mistake that teams are making right now but treating as the new conventional wisdom - that you can play any combination of guards 1-3 regardless of size as long as they can shoot/handle the ball.
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Makes me think ARob will play a lot more than people think
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I’m really skeptical of Power’s effectiveness but I hope he proves me wrong.
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Those quotes make me feel great about my leading-scorer poll pick haha.
“I think overall my relationship with Coach Bennett and the entire staff is as strong of a relationship I have ever had,” Power told CavsCorner. “I think the plan they have for me coming in and being a heavy contributor and really adding a lot of scoring is going to be good for them and at the end of the day I think it is just a perfect match.
Good:
“Well I am pretty versatile so just being able to spread the offense out more,” he explained, “and spread the floor with my shooting but also being able to make reads coming off the screens and the off ball screens the system has is something that adds a new element to my game that I was not really able to showcase at Duke. Being at Virginia will also help me get back to doing what I did best in high school.”
When can we get him to start tampering (backchanneling) with the Knueppel?
When asked what the Wahoos can expect of him, Power said: “UVa fans can expect someone that plays with a chip on their shoulder. I had a lot of aspirations in college that I did not really see get fulfilled this past year so I am even hungrier than I have been in my entire life and pairing that with the development that is at UVa and then the culture and the roster that we have coming in, I think that it is going to be a really fun year.”
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I gotta say, it does feel good to be on the other side of an “uncaged” kind of quote. It’s good fan service for the new team.
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Especially when it’s Duke. Fired up that TJ is far enough along in the deradicalization process to see the light. Hope he torches his former team next season.
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Power workout clips
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Easy to focus on his freshman year at Duke and forget he was a consensus 5 star. He moves on offense like a wing, but he’s 6’9
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Competition level may be a little suspect, but he’s got some makes where the net barely moves…
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Funny I remember George, Uvas soccer coach, teaching campers about exactly this and how important the connector is
He calls it the Joker in the play. No clue if thats common term or not
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Look at @DFresh11 using high level soccer/football terms… In my experience the joker isn’t a position during the game… it is a position during SSGs in practices to simulate actual game scenarios. Most jokers have constraints… like they have to stay in a certain zone, have a minimal amount of touches, etc…
I’d assume Gelnovatch was using the joker as the connecter as you said above… probably a 2 or 3 touch connector that was responsible for an effective through ball that splits the weakened defensive shape.
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Yep. Was exactly what it was, you joker
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Loved TJ Power in Spiderman: No Way Home. Excited for what’s to come.
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That article was fire, love how in he is and the shots at Duke. Also shout out Jordan Minor 
. He had a very up and down season in regards to PT so for him to put in good words and encourage Power is awesome
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