Here's one for ya.... thought of this as a joke a while back but now.... doesn't seem like a joke at all.
Newkirk, had a terrible year last year. Turning the ball over and seemingly out of sync with the rest of the team, marching to his own drum, etc. Regressing from his play the previous year. And now he has had surgery (in which case an injury MAY have affected his play last year). So, a real question mark going into the season if ever their was one.
Then there's Wilson. Whether or not he will be eligible has been questioned because his HS has had some problems along those lines in the past. And, even if he is able to make it no problem, he will be a freshman with no experience at this level.
So, what about Cam Johnson spelling Robinson at PG? Hey, he played PG in HS, and one of the reasons Dixon said he was not gonna RS him (ended up with a medical RS I presume) was because he has such a good handle.
Right now, with all the new bigs, I really doubt we are gonna be seeing much if anything of Sheldon Jeter at PF, and what I saw of Jeter last year, is he seems to get better the longer he is in there... usually better in the second half or down the stretch. So, you would want to start Jeter at SF and play him starter minutes there.
Meanwhile, Chris Jones was not bad at all last year... particularly the 5-6 3balls against Cuse in the dome, and should be better this year. So, what you would want to do with Jones, is use him to spell Jeter but ALSO spell Sterling Smith as well. This would give him starter minutes off the bench and you WANT that because CJ can play.
So, with this, where does it leave Cam Johnson if he is a 2/3 player as well? Well, if does not leave him with many minutes at all.
But, if you used him to spell Robinson.... THINK ABOUT IT! If Slim gets an open look he is gonna nail those 3balls and he would be really hard to cover if playing PG due to a significant height advantage over whomever was guarding him. Yeah, when it came time to sit Robinson then it would be like... whoa!
And, THIS is how you would get Slim into the game. Maybe play some 2/3 also.
The OTHER thing... IMO it is critical to get an impact player spelling Robinson coming off the bench... because that takes a major load off of Robinson's shoulders... and with this JRob might just have a great senior season.
Now.... to be honest I am not sure this is something that Dixon would even consider (though, I could be and hope to be wrong on this).
But, IMO it is something he SHOULD consider.
No?
Newkirk, had a terrible year last year. Turning the ball over and seemingly out of sync with the rest of the team, marching to his own drum, etc. Regressing from his play the previous year. And now he has had surgery (in which case an injury MAY have affected his play last year). So, a real question mark going into the season if ever their was one.
Then there's Wilson. Whether or not he will be eligible has been questioned because his HS has had some problems along those lines in the past. And, even if he is able to make it no problem, he will be a freshman with no experience at this level.
So, what about Cam Johnson spelling Robinson at PG? Hey, he played PG in HS, and one of the reasons Dixon said he was not gonna RS him (ended up with a medical RS I presume) was because he has such a good handle.
Right now, with all the new bigs, I really doubt we are gonna be seeing much if anything of Sheldon Jeter at PF, and what I saw of Jeter last year, is he seems to get better the longer he is in there... usually better in the second half or down the stretch. So, you would want to start Jeter at SF and play him starter minutes there.
Meanwhile, Chris Jones was not bad at all last year... particularly the 5-6 3balls against Cuse in the dome, and should be better this year. So, what you would want to do with Jones, is use him to spell Jeter but ALSO spell Sterling Smith as well. This would give him starter minutes off the bench and you WANT that because CJ can play.
So, with this, where does it leave Cam Johnson if he is a 2/3 player as well? Well, if does not leave him with many minutes at all.
But, if you used him to spell Robinson.... THINK ABOUT IT! If Slim gets an open look he is gonna nail those 3balls and he would be really hard to cover if playing PG due to a significant height advantage over whomever was guarding him. Yeah, when it came time to sit Robinson then it would be like... whoa!
And, THIS is how you would get Slim into the game. Maybe play some 2/3 also.
The OTHER thing... IMO it is critical to get an impact player spelling Robinson coming off the bench... because that takes a major load off of Robinson's shoulders... and with this JRob might just have a great senior season.
Now.... to be honest I am not sure this is something that Dixon would even consider (though, I could be and hope to be wrong on this).
But, IMO it is something he SHOULD consider.
No?
