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I agree whole heartedly that we need a big defensive post would make us better.
The problem is, is that lack of a wide body is what makes us so good offensively. When Dykstra is hitting threes, it forces the other bigs to come out. That opens up the lanes for our guards to either penetrate to the hole, dish off to a crashing player or pass out for an open three.
If we put a big inside, it limits our ability to drive to the hole and the flow of the offense slows down. Notice that when Oakland didn't come out to challenge our bigs on the outside, both Fiegen and Dykstra had one of their best games of the season offensively. In fact, it is disruptive enough, that during the Oakland game, when we had closed to 93-85 with 2:36 left, Oakland pulled Benson even though he had 28 points. Some of it was to put in a better ball handler to avoid turnovers, but it was also to put a quicker defender on Dykstra to avoid the 3's.
The question is....what do you wish for....better defense or worse offense? I guess its a matter of how much one effects the other's chemistry. Sadly enough, we won't know the answer to that until we have used up a scholarship.
Originally posted by NoVaJack
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The problem is, is that lack of a wide body is what makes us so good offensively. When Dykstra is hitting threes, it forces the other bigs to come out. That opens up the lanes for our guards to either penetrate to the hole, dish off to a crashing player or pass out for an open three.
If we put a big inside, it limits our ability to drive to the hole and the flow of the offense slows down. Notice that when Oakland didn't come out to challenge our bigs on the outside, both Fiegen and Dykstra had one of their best games of the season offensively. In fact, it is disruptive enough, that during the Oakland game, when we had closed to 93-85 with 2:36 left, Oakland pulled Benson even though he had 28 points. Some of it was to put in a better ball handler to avoid turnovers, but it was also to put a quicker defender on Dykstra to avoid the 3's.
The question is....what do you wish for....better defense or worse offense? I guess its a matter of how much one effects the other's chemistry. Sadly enough, we won't know the answer to that until we have used up a scholarship.
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