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Green
Hagans or Quickley
Herro
PJ or Reid
Richards
Brad made half our 3 pointers you can't leave him out.
The lineup is fluid, and will change throughout the season in my opinion. I think this team is too balanced and too deep to have a "traditional starting five".
With that said, I really liked the lineup of:
Hagans
Herro
Johnson
Washington
Travis
But Richards was fantastic as well. How about his improvement over the summer! Kid looks so much more confident and stronger with the ball.
Montgomery looked really good as well.
One thing that was apparent last night: We are LOADED in the front court. We are going to wear down opposing big guys this season.
Platoon!
That's what's gonna happen. Cal won't use that word again for obvious reasons, but we're gonna be platooning. And I dont' really know how else you manage all this talent and showcase all these kids, help them get ready for the draft, etc. Good news they're all really good. Bad news is it might take away minutes from some who are a little more deserving. Ultimately, we're gonna be really really good. Just hope we can get it done.
We were best when we had three guard line up. If you have pj, rt, and kj in that rotation it crowds it up.
If you don't think Herro should start or at least get tons of minutes then I don't know what you're watching. He's the type of player that we will need on the floor. Perfectly built for college basketball.
Hagans
Herro
Johnson
Pj
Reid
That's the starting five, easy to see.
You could put Green at the 2 but I think it's obvious Green is the perfect 6 man. Off the bench and will give us a player just as good who can play both guard spots and has that 6th man boost. 6th men are just as valuable as starters.
Seems like it shouldn't even be a question.
Quickly
Green
Baker
Montgomery
Richards.
There's your second five. Good enough to make a sweet 16 or better.
Richards is gonna have to show me more than 1 game to start over Travis. Hell, Reid had a bad game and still brought in 14 rebounds. I’d be willing to bet Travis will bounce back big tonight. Either way, it’s a good problem to have.
If you don't think Herro should start or at least get tons of minutes then I don't know what you're watching. He's the type of player that we will need on the floor. Perfectly built for college basketball.
Hagans
Herro
Johnson
Pj
Reid
That's the starting five, easy to see.
You could put Green at the 2 but I think it's obvious Green is the perfect 6 man. Off the bench and will give us a player just as good who can play both guard spots and has that 6th man boost. 6th men are just as valuable as starters.
Seems like it shouldn't even be a question.
Quickly
Green
Baker
Montgomery
Richards.
There's your second five. Good enough to make a sweet 16 or better.
No platoons. Its good enough to beat up a weak SEC and watered down schedule but It doesn't help in the tournament because you can't platoon in tournament and it also killed our recruiting. He will never platoon again and shouldn't. I know jon Scott disagrees and he's wrong.
If Richards continues to dominate would you sit pj so Reid starts then. Tough question cause Richards is the best rim protector on the team. I think the starting 5 will change throughout the season.No doubt. Richards isn't as good as Ried. And Reid didn't come here to sit. We didn't recruit him as a 5th year to sit. Give him 18 minutes per game and we will never see another transfer like him.
you wrote a lot, but a lot of flaw to your argument.
You say its easy to see...yet LITERALLY yesterday, Richards started...
Richards shouldn't start over Reid. Reid is a 5th year transfer who's more active and a lot smarter on the floor. He doesn't even know the players or system but he's active. Richards is good also but na. Reid is gonna be a horse. I'm still not there on Richards.
The rest seem easy to see. Hagans Herro Johnson Pj should all be starting. If Montgomery blows up you could alter it.
Richards doesn't exactly have to start over RT. He can start over PJ also. However, my point is simple, you argued as a fact when reality contradict your argument.
PJ and RT combination is a questionable, because they provide too much of the same. RT is great. His rebounding is awesome, and if he can pass out to our shooters would be fantastic.
but the reality is our starting line up was Green, Herro, KJ, PJ, and Richards. I am not saying they WILL be our starting line up. However, i do see that Cal and staff is still working things out.
So you think PJ Washington is garbage?Hagans
Quickley
Johnson
Travis
Richards
the first guard/small forward off the bench - Herro
No clue right now. I see a lot of kids that aren't separated by much. Talented and deep without any real superstars imo.
I would say PJ is the only player I'm confident is part of our best 5 right now. I have some guys that I like a lot and could project but it would just be guesswork this early.
Btw, I say best 5, because honestly who starts is utterly meaningless. What matters is who is the 5 in the last 5 minutes of a close game.
i do not remember saying thatSo you think PJ Washington is garbage?
I don't see how Green holds a starting spot. Cal loves guards like Hagans and green is a perfect 6th man guard.
I don't see why Reid and Pj don't compliment each other.
Richards is still slow and I just don't think he's got a good nose for the ball relative to Reid.
We'll see. I'm just not sold on Richards yet.