Derail Green Welcome to Shocker Nation!

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Here is my thoughts on next year....

After making the dance, next years group will be young. Like REALLY young. But they will also have high expectations of themselves. And they will have leaders to set the bar high. Guys like Demetric, Ehimen, Armstead, and Hall. Guys like Baker, White, Wessel, and Mitchell will push the newcomers while raising their own bar.

The newcomers will have to adapt quickly, otherwise they may get left behind. I think Early will be the biggest early season contributor, with VanVleet spending time learning and supporting Williams and Cotton. That will be good, as we won't have to throw him to the wolves. He will be the starter his Soph year, and will probably be the leader of this team.

[SubGod22]

I knew I was missing someone but got rushed at work. My apologies to DWill.

And I agree with you guys.

We are losing the only three guys on the team that other teams worry about leaving open.

I think Cotton will make teams pay. DWill is fine when open and set. We need a player or two that can rip the other teams heart out with a big three when they may not be wide open or completely set. Is that Baker? Green? I don't know. But someone is going to have to be that guy.

I'm going to go fix the above post to add DWill now.

[im4wsu]

SIAP - junior year stats

Jersey:
41
Pos:
G
Ht/Wt:
6'8"/175
Class:
Jr.

School:
Klein Forest Eagles
Season:
Varsity 10-11
Sport:
Basketball

Overall:
25-12-0
League:
11-3-0
National Rank:
369
TX State Rank:
59

Points Per Game
12.9
Assists Per Game
2.4
Blocks Per Game
.5
Rebounds Per Game
6.3
Steals Per Game
.8
Points
386

[Dan]

I've been meaning to try to get to one of his games, but haven't had a chance yet this year. I'm going to make an effort to get out there next Friday, 1/27, they play Tomball, which probably won't put up much of a fight, but at least we can get some first hand knocwledge of some of Derail's skillset.

[Snapshot9]

I see Derail playing the 3 spot mostly, and like it has been said we will need shooters after this year. I don't know about Armstead's shooting, but Cotton can shoot alright, he just doesn't do it very often. We might be more of a dribble drive team next year.
With the points that FVV is putting up this season, he must be a pretty good shooter.
And I think we will continue to be deep in our rotation because we will just have too much talent for some guys to be riding the pine every game.

[_kai_]

Armstead shoots the 3ball ok. I do remember reading that he was working on it this off season. He shot around 32% while at Oregon. But he averaged less than 1 make per game while there. Averaged a little over 2 attempts a game.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

How about this line up of the future:

PG -- VanVleet
SG -- Cotton
SF -- Green
PF -- Hawkins
C -- Uwadiae

With the ability the other 4 have, would we need much offense from Uwadiae?

[Kung Wu]

But .. but ... Baker?

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

But .. but ... Baker?

Who dat? Never heard of the guy. No one from the Valley should worry about a guy that isn't playing this year.

[_kai_]

How about this line up of the future:

PG -- VanVleet
SG -- Cotton
SF -- Green
PF -- Hawkins
C -- Uwadiae

With the ability the other 4 have, would we need much offense from Uwadiae?

You could also have a variant of that to run a big lineup with:

PG - - VanVleet
SG - - Green
SF - - Early
PF - - Hawkins
C - - Uwadiae

or

PG - - VanVleet
SG - - Early
SF - - Hawkins
PF - - Watson
C - - Uwadiae

[Capitol Shock II]

Baker will be a major factor. Bet on it.

[vancedave56]

This is what I see if one player is assigned to only one position; Anywhere from 1 to 3 red-shirts.

PG - Armstead /Cotton (2)/ FVV
SG - DWill/ Baker(3)/ Mitchell
SF - Early (4)/ Wessel/ Green
PF - White/ Hawkins/ Anacreon (5)
C - Hall/ EO/ Henry

Numbers in parenthesis are players that could drop down and play one position bigger. There are so many variables, there's no telling how it will all shake out. It is fun to think about though. Many thought there was no way Ben would see time at the 4, but he is.

[_kai_]

This is what I see if one player is assigned to only one position; Anywhere from 1 to 3 red-shirts.

PG - Armstead /Cotton (2)/ FVV
SG - DWill/ Baker(3)/ Mitchell
SF - Early (4)/ Wessel/ Green
PF - White/ Hawkins/ Anacreon (5)
C - Hall/ EO/ Henry

Numbers in parenthesis are players that could drop down and play one position bigger. There are so many variables, there's no telling how it will all shake out. It is fun to think about though. Many thought there was no way Ben would see time at the 4, but he is.

Yeah but I cringe when he's in there at the 4 a lot of the time. He has such a hard time matching up height-wise with some PF's. Would much rather see him at the 3.

[wushock]

My take next year

C - Hall - Orupke - Henry red shirt

SF - Hawkins - Wessell - Green (red shirt) - Vandrous

PF - Early - White - Anacreon

PG - Armstead - Cotton - Van Vleet redshirt

SG - Williams - Mitchell - Baker

[wufan]

How about this line up of the future:

PG -- VanVleet
SG -- Cotton
SF -- Green
PF -- Hawkins
C -- Uwadiae

With the ability the other 4 have, would we need much offense from Uwadiae?

Good line-up, but Baker and White will have something to say about that.