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#180
Baulkman in an interview talked about how Barnes has emphasized spacing in practice. Players can't be even a foot out of position. Said Barnes is more detailed than Tyndall was.
 
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#183
From VQ...

Punter at PG, Baulkman on the wing and Moore at the 4 are pretty much locked in. Hubbs/Mostella are battling for the other wing spot, with Barnes really pushing Hubbs to be that guy. At the 5 it's been neck and neck, this week Barnes seems to be leaning more towards Kasongo, but it's close. The staff likely wouldn't start Phillips out of the gate, but there is no doubt they really love what they're getting from him and are pleased with his work. Just to depress everyone, they're saying Turner really would help this team, would slide Punter to the 2 and Turner the 1 where he has been very good and is showing a very strong perimeter shot. Looking forward the staff really likes the idea of Bone and Turner on the floor together playing in an uptempo style.



So my guess on rotation early on:

PG: Punter 30/ Phillips 10
SG: Hubbs 20/ Mostella 20
SF: Baulkman 30/ Hubbs 10
F: Moore 30/ Reese 10
C: Kasongo 20/Alexander 20

Leaves Schofield and McGhee as your 10&11 guys, I think you see McGhee get minutes at the 4&5 based on foul trouble.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
From VQ...

Punter at PG, Baulkman on the wing and Moore at the 4 are pretty much locked in. Hubbs/Mostella are battling for the other wing spot, with Barnes really pushing Hubbs to be that guy. At the 5 it's been neck and neck, this week Barnes seems to be leaning more towards Kasongo, but it's close. The staff likely wouldn't start Phillips out of the gate, but there is no doubt they really love what they're getting from him and are pleased with his work. Just to depress everyone, they're saying Turner really would help this team, would slide Punter to the 2 and Turner the 1 where he has been very good and is showing a very strong perimeter shot. Looking forward the staff really likes the idea of Bone and Turner on the floor together playing in an uptempo style.



So my guess on rotation early on:

PG: Punter 30/ Phillips 10
SG: Hubbs 20/ Mostella 20
SF: Baulkman 30/ Hubbs 10
F: Moore 30/ Reese 10
C: Kasongo 20/Alexander 20

Leaves Schofield and McGhee as your 10&11 guys, I think you see McGhee get minutes at the 4&5 based on foul trouble.
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I understand Alexander has impressed in practice, but I think McGhee is definitely going to get run because of his rebounding at the very least. Right now my guess would be McGhee getting 10-15 minutes a night.

It wouldn't shock me once Alexander gets his feet wet and McGhee gets more comfortable if Reese gets run out of the rotation.

I'm still nervous as ****ing hell about point guard. Punter is a nice two guard off the bench in the SEC. Having him as your starting PG and primary ball handler just screams disaster.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
From VQ...

Punter at PG, Baulkman on the wing and Moore at the 4 are pretty much locked in. Hubbs/Mostella are battling for the other wing spot, with Barnes really pushing Hubbs to be that guy. At the 5 it's been neck and neck, this week Barnes seems to be leaning more towards Kasongo, but it's close. The staff likely wouldn't start Phillips out of the gate, but there is no doubt they really love what they're getting from him and are pleased with his work. Just to depress everyone, they're saying Turner really would help this team, would slide Punter to the 2 and Turner the 1 where he has been very good and is showing a very strong perimeter shot. Looking forward the staff really likes the idea of Bone and Turner on the floor together playing in an uptempo style.



So my guess on rotation early on:

PG: Punter 30/ Phillips 10
SG: Hubbs 20/ Mostella 20
SF: Baulkman 30/ Hubbs 10
F: Moore 30/ Reese 10
C: Kasongo 20/Alexander 20

Leaves Schofield and McGhee as your 10&11 guys, I think you see McGhee get minutes at the 4&5 based on foul trouble.
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I like your lineup, but our team is going to struggle with rebounding, so I don't see how we could have one of our best rebounders on the bench. Jabari needs 10-15 minutes a night if not more. I think he gives us more than Reese would. He doesn't have Reese's outside shot, but he does out hustle him and is better at getting rebounds. He's more likely to get 2nd chance points than Reese. Jabari does need to improve on his FT though, because he got to the line quite a bit before he got hurt and left a lot of points on the line. Jmo though.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
From VQ...

Punter at PG, Baulkman on the wing and Moore at the 4 are pretty much locked in. Hubbs/Mostella are battling for the other wing spot, with Barnes really pushing Hubbs to be that guy. At the 5 it's been neck and neck, this week Barnes seems to be leaning more towards Kasongo, but it's close. The staff likely wouldn't start Phillips out of the gate, but there is no doubt they really love what they're getting from him and are pleased with his work. Just to depress everyone, they're saying Turner really would help this team, would slide Punter to the 2 and Turner the 1 where he has been very good and is showing a very strong perimeter shot. Looking forward the staff really likes the idea of Bone and Turner on the floor together playing in an uptempo style.



So my guess on rotation early on:

PG: Punter 30/ Phillips 10
SG: Hubbs 20/ Mostella 20
SF: Baulkman 30/ Hubbs 10
F: Moore 30/ Reese 10
C: Kasongo 20/Alexander 20

Leaves Schofield and McGhee as your 10&11 guys, I think you see McGhee get minutes at the 4&5 based on foul trouble.
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my guess on rotation early on:

PG: Punter 30/ Phillips 10
SG: Hubbs 25/ Mostella 15
SF: Baulkman 25/ Hubbs 5/moore 10
F: Moore 20/ Reese 10/McGee 10
C: Kasongo 15/Alexander15/McGee 10
 
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BruinVol said:
my guess on rotation early on:

PG: Punter 30/ Phillips 10
SG: Hubbs 25/ Mostella 15
SF: Baulkman 25/ Hubbs 5/moore 10
F: Moore 20/ Reese 10/McGee 10
C: Kasongo 15/Alexander15/McGee 10
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Based on early reports, I think Kasongo is more likely to be in the third spot at 5 than Jabari. Sounds like Kasongo has been disappointing to say the least, and we know McGhee will bring the intensity. They certainly are preparing everyone for Alexander to start there. Really curious about Reese. Apparently, he hasn't practiced much because of injury. I'm thinking McGhee may be ahead of him at the 4 as well.
 
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germanicus said:
Based on early reports, I think Kasongo is more likely to be in the third spot at 5 than Jabari. Sounds like Kasongo has been disappointing to say the least, and we know McGhee will bring the intensity. They certainly are preparing everyone for Alexander to start there. Really curious about Reese. Apparently, he hasn't practiced much because of injury. I'm thinking McGhee may be ahead of him at the 4 as well.
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Good info.


Fwiw your post here are much appreciated. Very much enjoy your insight
 
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germanicus said:
Based on early reports, I think Kasongo is more likely to be in the third spot at 5 than Jabari. Sounds like Kasongo has been disappointing to say the least, and we know McGhee will bring the intensity. They certainly are preparing everyone for Alexander to start there. Really curious about Reese. Apparently, he hasn't practiced much because of injury. I'm thinking McGhee may be ahead of him at the 4 as well.
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What kind of injury does Reese have?
 
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#190
If Jabari isn't starting, or atleast a 6 or 7th man off the bench, we have some huge issues. Jabari needs to play.
 
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#193
zjcvols said:
I understand Alexander has impressed in practice, but I think McGhee is definitely going to get run because of his rebounding at the very least. Right now my guess would be McGhee getting 10-15 minutes a night.

It wouldn't shock me once Alexander gets his feet wet and McGhee gets more comfortable if Reese gets run out of the rotation.

I'm still nervous as ****ing hell about point guard. Punter is a nice two guard off the bench in the SEC. Having him as your starting PG and primary ball handler just screams disaster.
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Hard to know how Kasongo/Alexander will adapt, if they can rebound at near the same level as McGhee then I think you'll see what I posted. It those guys don't take to crashing the boards then you'll see McGhee get more minutes than I posted above. It's pretty obvious that they would prefer Kasongo/Alexander at the 5, those are the guys getting run there, it's up to them to keep their spots.

Reese is gonna be interesting to watch, Barnes has made it very clear to him that if he wants minutes on this team it's as a 4 who is willing to bang down low and fight for rebounds, to this point he's accepted that. If Reese starts floating around the outside and not banging down low he'll find himself out of the rotation quickly, it seems early on Barnes is hoping because of his potential 1-2 three pointers a game, and ability to run that he is hoping to have him in the rotation on an offense likely needing some firepower.

Agree with you on point guard, but I'm much happier to see that Punter is getting all the run there and they aren't attempting to play Armani there. Punter is gonna struggle to facilitate, but Barnes is a good enough coach that I don't think we will struggle against full court pressure like some may fear. It's why Barnes wants to run though, he wants the first open shot being taken if the ball can't be pushed to the rim or passed ahead on a fast break, he realizes they're likely gonna struggle in half court offensive sets with no real PG.
 
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germanicus said:
Based on early reports, I think Kasongo is more likely to be in the third spot at 5 than Jabari. Sounds like Kasongo has been disappointing to say the least, and we know McGhee will bring the intensity. They certainly are preparing everyone for Alexander to start there. Really curious about Reese. Apparently, he hasn't practiced much because of injury. I'm thinking McGhee may be ahead of him at the 4 as well.
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Odd, per reports from VQ Kasongo currently leads for the starting 5 spot, yet you're saying based on reports he's the 3rd guy?
 
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#195
Fwiw on Jabari, VQ says they asked around and Jabari is legitimately only 6'5", apparently the hair makes him look taller.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Fwiw on Jabari, VQ says they asked around and Jabari is legitimately only 6'5", apparently the hair makes him look taller.
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Moore is short too but can rebound the ball. Too much stock is put into height and rebounding. Strength, hustle, and postioning outweight height imo. Stokes and Maymon were shorter than pretty much every big they went against but they used their strength to out rebound taller players almost every game. Same can be said about Moore and Mcghee, they don't have as much strength as JM and JS, but they know how to block out and where to be at the right time.
 
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volakil said:
He'll be 6'4" by the end of the season by their measurements. If he leads in rebounding this year maybe we can put this height thing to rest.
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This. I'll be willing to bet that Moore and Jabari will have more total rebounds together than Kasongo and Alexander at the end of the year.
 
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Stoked said:
Moore is short too but can rebound the ball. Too much stock is put into height and rebounding. Strength, hustle, and postioning outweight height imo. Stokes and Maymon were shorter than pretty much every big they went against but they used their strength to out rebound taller players almost every game. Same can be said about Moore and Mcghee, they don't have as much strength as JM and JS, but they know how to block out and where to be at the right time.
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Oh I'm in agreement with you, it's one reason why I'm not as down on Grant Williams as some, even though he's undersized for a post. I was just throwing that out there, and that typically Barnes is notorious for having a guy with good length at the 5, I think he would really prefer Alexadner and Kasongo there.
 
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