"Hamilton replaces Kene. That is who you are going to see a C the last half of the season, whoever is working best out of those two."
Agree, unless Chukwuka is fully recovered by then.
"I know people want to think they HCJC will put out a big body at PF just to out a big body out there . . . . . . . . . more importantly, Toney's experience and skill for the PF spot will force his hand."
Agree to the extent HCJC will not put a big body at PF just to put a big body there.
On the other hand, I don't think Toney will get as many minutes at PF as last year unless Chukwuka is really truly out for the entire season. If he is back at some point and there are then 4-bigs then I think Coulibaly will see 10-15 minutes at PF backing-up Toney with Toney grabbing some minutes at the 3.
"Just going to be more likely when they are trying to grind out wins in the ACC that he will use . . . . .Toney at the PF [rather] than leaving Murphy and Drumgoole on the bench to play Toney at SF just [to] get Drumgoole [assume you mean Coulibaly here not Drumgoole] in at PF."
I don't believe the situation is as "cut and dried" as you appear to suggest. It seems a lot more fluid to me. Although I don't believe Coulibaly will be getting starters minutes at the PF; I also don't believe he will be a near total bench warmer getting only garbage garbage time, blowout or injury minutes playing out of position for his skill set at Center.
In any event, Italy will tell us more and the OOC schedule even more about what HCJC will actually do.[/QUOTE/]
I think the prudent thing about Toney and his PT is his development both physically and skill wise over the summer . If his game doesn’t progress and he’s not more physically developed then his PT will go down if they both improve he’ll get plenty of PT.
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