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Austin played the 3 some this last year. We're much weaker at the 4 than the 3 or 2, that's why I said "yes" to a true 3/4 (stretch 4). Obviously, the 1 is our weakest position.
Austin and Markis need to play 30 min a game. MM at the 4 and AR at the 2 with backup at 1. Let everyone else fight for the rest. I’m hoping SHJ can get settled and figure it out. He can handle the ball, penetrate and make 3s. He has some things to work with, just gotta figure out the rest.
After a summer of lifting weights... Austin can play the point guard spot.
Assuming AR stays healthy, those that have been critical of AR will be lavishing in their exquisite meal of crow.
As an aside, MM also needs to stay healthy and develop core and upper body strength to finish at the rim. As a rebounder, his assignment may well be to "seek and retrieve" more than in the past, he will be a terrific rebounder.
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Love AR but we need to get back to suffocating defense. Is he the type of player who has the physical tools to do that?
AR was a good defender this year. Advanced have him second behind Zach among our perimeter defenders this past season, but my eyes would say he was our best perimeter defender, Zack seemed a bit slow from the knee injury all year. He has great length and he drew soooo many charges by beating the offensive player too the spot(it did help that any contact is going to send him flying).
We need to distinguish serviceable defense from top 10-15 rpi we've routinely had in the past. Let's face it last year's defense sucked from top to bottom, start to finish. There was literally no player either able or willing to contain perimeter shooters and/or drives to the bucket. Once it started there were seemingly no effective adjustments - in fact it often got worse as the game continued. No way guys like Armstead, Baker or FVV let that happen. Now I realize those are great players but we have to figure a way to get back to that or 2017-18 will repeat itself.
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