Wyolie Coyote
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A Daaron Brown would be an ideal undersized post
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Bryoming
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If I were to guess, I'd think that the coaches are trying to land one big and 2 guards. We need a guard that can drive and score, and we need another ball handler that can keep turnovers low. You're absolutely right that we've got to find another true big that will be able to hold his own in the paint and clean up rebounds.
PorkerPoke
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Tried to find some video highlights for Sondors. What I read into his stats is he isn’t prone to fouls. Maybe it was the way ULM played, but if he can be effective on the floor and a threat to score that is objective #1.
Right now I am more concerned with the PG type that can drive, dish and score. I trust Sunny to piece together the solution to help each player be effective at what they do best.
Sondors may well be a factor in helping to spread defenses out creating lanes and open shots.
Bryoming
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Sondors and Mora both look to be 3 & D type of players, which we were lacking last year. I hope they're able to play the post effectively, but they look more like wings to me.
He is average for a bball player. JT toppin is 6'8" and 221 lbs. Everyone calls Toppin a beast. You dont see a lot of huge bball players any more for some reason. I think that is why Michagan, UConn and Arizona were so good this year is because they had size across the board. They looked like 90's teams on the front line. Most teams dont have many players much above the 230 to lb range anymore. Especially mid majors.
This has been a major trend over the past couple decades.
As small ball emerged in the 2000's , the traditional big man became a liability on the defensive end of the floor. Colleges still recruited the dominant big men, but a lot of the in-betweeners started being looked over by D1 coaches. So what did they do? They learned how to shoot the jump shot, to be better passers, and to defend the perimeter better - the classic stretch four was born.
You still see this in AAU ball all the time. Unless you have a Shaq level dominant post player, AAU coaches want their posts to essentially have a guards skill set in a taller body. Because of this change at the youth development stage of basketball in the US, there are less traditional big men available for colleges than there were in the 1990's. The really good ones get picked up by the high majors and the ones that would have went to a mid major in the 90's get converted into a stretch four before they ever even get to college.
I will say that a lot of this is starting to change as coaches start to realize how a good big man can change their fortunes overnight. You can see this at Wyoming - almost every single good Wyoming basketball team through the years had a pretty good classic big man that played a significant role.
