Recruiting: 2019 transfer targets
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Several guys on the list are shooters...but even Vanover can shoot it from three.
I don’t particularly want a 7’ 3” guy trying to guard a Houston wing out there on the perimeter.
Well he wouldn’t anyway. But imagine a center pulling the other teams big to the perimeter when on offense. Open lane is kind of nice.
The benefit of a zone, even a match up one, is you can put a defender where ever you want regardless of where he plays on offense.
Basically two 7fters at the base of a 3-2 zone with huge wingspans discouraging drives and making entry passes difficult for the post mean we can extend the top to push shooters out. That doesn't sound awful for 2020-21
Wow, we now have 6 players who have played a minute of basketball for us, and one of those is Falokun. So only 5 who have played significant minutes. Will be a pretty exhaustive retooling of team chemistry and players playing together. Will be interesting and I think fun to watch. Sub city, probably. We need Canada in a serious way.
I’m good with dumping half of last year’s team. Wouldn’t be opposed dumping half the remaining half.
Can we expect Falokun to take a big stride with Kwanza working with him? Everyone is high on Kwanza's ability to develop our bigs and Falokun seems like the one who could benefit most from that as Igbanu has some of the best interior post moves and feet in the country and Egboh seems pretty polished as well. What is the limit on coaches working one on one with players? Could Falokun have daily sessions with Kwanza over the summer? If Kwanza is as good as people are speculation, Falokun has enough raw talent and athletic ability that some refinement could make him a really special player.
I feel like the injury slowed his progress and prevented him from finding his place in the rotations and schemes. I agree we will see more of the player he can be next season, his potential is quite high.
If we could be a fly on the wall this summer, I expect we would see a lot of Ugboh vs.
Falokun, and to a somewhat lesser degree Igbanu, going through a lot of rather
rough drills (with pushing and shoving allowed)...I don't have any idea how much
post work Earley and Horne will do, but we finally have enough 'bigs' to do some
really beneficial drills.....
While Falokun has much further to go, the biggest benefactor may be Ugboh, as he
gets ready to play D-1 basketball....His jumping ability and quickness around the
basket would project a very high ceiling for him, and this summer and fall will be a
great opportunity for him to climb some of that hill......
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I like this thought. I would also love to see them work on Igbanu's athleticism and quickness to elevate to the rim. He's got such good footwork that any ability to elevate would simply make him impossible to guard 1 v 1. I think Ugboh and Falokun could help Igbanu there.
And yet our zone somehow results in Martins closing out on guards/athletic wings a lot
Hmmmmmm.
How tall is Martin's?
Is he a shot blocker? Monster rebounder?
Is there any advantage in preventing him from closing out on short corners?
Especially considering our wing was our best shot blocker, we rebound collectively, and the most common outcome in such a situation is an outside shot or a drive into rotation, I have no idea why the zone would allow a small four to close out on the perimeter..... Oh wait.
If it's been forgotten, the most complained about position for the last three years has been post and the lack of those players. Igbanu being the only one who has seen signifigant mins.
If you are running a match-up zone dominated by wings and guards, rotations and switches are an overall advantage because generally speaking the players are interchangeable. However I can set rules in switches, who can switch, and where to switch, thus maintaining a post presence in the bottom of the zone for shot blocking and rebounding. Something Cincy has been doing for 8-9 years now.
Less switching also means less baseline rotation to and close outs on the perimeter, which are common rotations for defensive post players to the wings and corners in a 3-2 zone because of the zone's shape and gaps. The problem is exasperated if the zone is a switching match-up and a top guard on the wing is pulled to the center with a screen/slip and the ball being swung to the side the guard was pulled in from (See our home game vs WSU). This motion works similar to a clear out in a traditional man-to-man vs a match-up creating space and making defensive help difficult.
How tall is Martin's?
Is he a shot blocker? Monster rebounder?
Is there any advantage in preventing him from closing out on short corners?
Especially considering our wing was our best shot blocker, we rebound collectively, and the most common outcome in such a situation is an outside shot or a drive into rotation, I have no idea why the zone would allow a small four to close out on the perimeter..... Oh wait.
If it's been forgotten, the most complained about position for the last three years has been post and the lack of those players. Igbanu being the only one who has seen signifigant mins.
If you are running a match-up zone dominated by wings and guards, rotations and switches are an overall advantage because generally speaking the players are interchangeable. However I can set rules in switches, who can switch, and where to switch, thus maintaining a post presence in the bottom of the zone for shot blocking and rebounding. Something Cincy has been doing for 8-9 years now.
Less switching also means less baseline rotation to and close outs on the perimeter, which are common rotations for defensive post players to the wings and corners in a 3-2 zone because of the zone's shape and gaps. The problem is exasperated if the zone is a switching match-up and a top guard on the wing is pulled to the center with a screen/slip and the ball being swung to the side the guard was pulled in from (See our home game vs WSU). This motion works similar to a clear out in a traditional man-to-man vs a match-up creating space and making defensive help difficult.
