Next Year’s Lineup

Do you think Kugel can step up and be the 1. I thought a lot of folks on here have been critical of his ball distribution.

 

who is the unstoppable PG? You mentioned RK as the 1, but then talk about someone else.

 

So, Micah sits for someone who can't see the court this year?
Richard sits for Haugh? who is a worse 3 pt shooter?
They both have 30+ starts THIS YEAR.

Not sure how we go, currently we have a good amount of talent returning, maybe too much.
We could lose Krugel, Aberdeen, and maybe 1 of Condon/Haugh, (at least 1 or them would have to come off the bench).

 

I don’t think his distribution is a problem. To play the 1, he will need to tighten up his dribble. Too much bobbling. His vision is outstanding, but sometimes the touch on the pass is mismatched. He has all the raw tools, but it all needs to be tightened up a bit. But you can see the potential… his dribbling and passing is extremely high level. He can put together some mean dribbling combos.

 

Handling & decision making imho. He will probably be given the opportunity to be the starter if he returns, but he has a lot of work to do - maybe watch high school basketball games & not NBA 2k or whatever is being played now. Clayton is his room mate so it would be worthwhile to give him a shot to keep Clayton here.

 

There's no way this staff goes into next year with Kugel as the starting PG and Shimmy as the starting C.

The growth and transformation he would have to make for that to even be considered is astronomical. Staff already has their eyes on some potential replacements for ZP and Samuel.

He'd have to improve his handle, shot selection, feel for the game and passing to be considered for that spot.

 

Seriously, I've already talked to CTG about this and we agreed the lineups and depth chart will be:

PG: As-Yet-Unknown Transfer/Kajus Kublickas/Clayton/Aberdeen/Isiah Brown
SG: Clayton/Richard/Kugel/Aberdeen
SF: Richard/Haugh/Kugel
PF: Condo/Haugh
C: Handlogten/Condo/Shimmy/Rioux

 

To date, he shows few attributes of a point guard. Dribbles the ball up around his ear, throws passes at the feet of bigs, below-average shooter.

If he wants to crack the starting five, it'll be at the 2. But Clayton has that sewed up and he ain't going anywhere.

 

Lots of goodness but with PG a large unknown.

 

I thought the only time Kugel was the primary ball handler last night was in transition. Which fits his skill set of being in the open floor. I thought Clayton looked improved running the team. But not sure either would make for a good starting PG for us next year.

 

Went back and watched the last 8 minutes and didn't come to the same conclusion. Walter is a shoot first guard, but he's not a PG and neither is Kugel.

 

No offense, but Kugel at the 1 is insanity. He is way too loose with the ball and sloppy with his passing. And you think Shimmy will take over from Handy at the 5? I don't see it. Shimmy looked pretty stiff to me as a freshman and he has sat for a year. Looks more like a back-up at the 5. We need to recruite another Samuel in the portal and another point guard like Pullin, if we could get so lucky. Keep the rest of the team in tact and we have a very solid roster again. I think we need to take the restraints off Haugh on the offensive side of the ball. He has the athleticism and 3 point shooting to be a threat all over the court if he plays with confidence as a go-to guy.

 

Handolton 5, Condon 4, Haugh 3, Richard or Kugel at the 2. Not sure about PG