Projected Starters per Big East Media Day

[dchoya72]

Jalen Harris, 6-2
Jahvon Blair, 6-3
Jamorko Pickett, 6-8
Jamari Sibley, 6-8
Qudus Wahab, 6-11
I'm not a poker player, but how does this stack up?
I like it, with plenty of ammunition to follow!

[MCIGuy]

Oct 22, 2020 14:10:46 GMT -5 dchoya72 said:

Jalen Harris, 6-2
Jahvon Blair, 6-3
Jamorko Pickett, 6-8
Jamari Sibley, 6-8
Qudus Wahab, 6-11
I'm not a poker player, but how does this stack up?
I like it, with plenty of ammunition to follow!

Looks good. Are you saying this info came from some press release regarding BE Media day? I realize the words "press release" in regards to Georgetown may sound funny.

[Deleted]

(assuming this is a mildly valid source...)

Probably my 3rd guess behind Bile or Carey taking that 5th spot instead of Sibley -- but not complaining at all.

If coach thinks Jabari's ready now, that's great. It'll give him that much more run before next year, when he'll HAVE to be a frontcourt contributor w/ Pickett & Bile gone (presumably).

[MCIGuy]

Of course there may be only one truly reliable ballhandler in that lineup.

[dchoya72]

Thanks for the correction, Jabari! I read it on a Big East Media Day document. All of the teams had projected starters. I assume the information came from the coaching staff. It seems reasonable. Wasnt Jabari the first major, and most highly regarded pick when he committed?
I am excited by our possibilities. I dont care about the projected positioning, games are won on the court!! Sure wish there was more info, video clips for example of practices...running drills, etc.

[dchoya72]

I think the coach knows what he's doing. This may be part of the recruiting agreement. Let us see where this goes. I do believe everyone has to earn playing time.

[snaxa]

Oct 22, 2020 16:25:17 GMT -5 dchoya72 said:

Thanks for the correction, Jabari! I read it on a Big East Media Day document. All of the teams had projected starters. I assume the information came from the coaching staff. It seems reasonable. Wasnt Jabari the first major, and most highly regarded pick when he committed?
I am excited by our possibilities. I dont care about the projected positioning, games are won on the court!! Sure wish there was more info, video clips for example of practices...running drills, etc.

It is Jamari I believe.

[BigmanU]

Pleasantly shocked Jabari must have really stepped up in practice. Like Ewing is going long in the frontcourt at least to start the game.

Just got really excited!!

[lpucci]

I would think that somehow Carey will be in the mix for the starting lineup

in my opinion, he's the most talented guard on the roster

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Oct 22, 2020 17:36:38 GMT -5 snaxa said:

Oct 22, 2020 16:25:17 GMT -5 dchoya72 said:

Thanks for the correction, Jabari! I read it on a Big East Media Day document. All of the teams had projected starters. I assume the information came from the coaching staff. It seems reasonable. Wasnt Jabari the first major, and most highly regarded pick when he committed?
I am excited by our possibilities. I dont care about the projected positioning, games are won on the court!! Sure wish there was more info, video clips for example of practices...running drills, etc.

It is Jamari I believe.

Yep. Misspelled by me up there ^^.

[dchoya72]

okay.

[DudeSlade]

I like that we’d be starting two legitimately sized forwards at 6’8”. Realize we won’t always play that way but we have lots of flexibility with substitutions after. I think Qudus will be a bigger rebounding & defensive presence this year than Yurt7 and I think Pickett will take a step up in those areas too, but as much as I loved Jagan, there seemed often last year that some more size at the forward position would have helped with rebounding or making shots and passes harder.

I’m looking forward to seeing what sort of impact the increasing length and athleticism of our recent recruits (this year & next) will have on the defensive side of the ball.

[rhw485]

I might be overthinking this, but given Ewing's propensity for having 2 distinct units that play a lot of time together, I think Sibley being in the starting lineup makes sense. Won't be asked to create on his own with the starters and can be a low usage floor spacer.

The 2nd unit can rely on Carey and Bile to have higher usage rates...and then you figure out who's playing the best to be in the closing group.

[daveg023]

I'd tend to think Carey finds his way into the starting lineup too, but that's purely conjecture.

I'm just excited that we actually have a roster where the starting 5 is actually a topic of conversation. Last year pretty much we were limited to the 5 healthiest / available bodies.

[seaweed]

Q and The Js

[bostonfan]

I realize that a lot of players do feel that being a starter is an important thing, but I think that after a half dozen games or so. these things tend to work themselves out and the most effective players start playing the most minutes. Sometimes that doesn't mean the 5 best players are the starters, but they do tend to finish games, especially competitive games. If you have enough guys who buy into the team concept, most payers can get beyond not being a starter as long as they feel they are contributing to the success of the team in whatever role they have.

[DudeSlade]

Oct 23, 2020 13:53:07 GMT -5 bostonfan said:

I realize that a lot of players do feel that being a starter is an important thing, but I think that after a half dozen games or so. these things tend to work themselves out and the most effective players start playing the most minutes. Sometimes that doesn't mean the 5 best players are the starters, but they do tend to finish games, especially competitive games. If you have enough guys who buy into the team concept, most payers can get beyond not being a starter as long as they feel they are contributing to the success of the team in whatever role they have.

Agreed. Further, and I say this with all the caveats possible, the Lakers run to the Finals this year came with both multiple different starting lineups and multiple different closing lineups, depending on how they matched up with a given opponent and who was effective that game or not. I know we don’t have LeBron/AD and that it takes a lot of buy-in from players not as worried about their position or stats and a coach who can make those adjustments. But I like that we are developing a flexible roster with seemingly an option to adapt as needed. Now I hope Coach can use it appropriately and the players will go along with it. In the past we didn’t often have that.

[hoyasaxa2003]

Oct 23, 2020 9:29:18 GMT -5 rhw485 said:

I might be overthinking this, but given Ewing's propensity for having 2 distinct units that play a lot of time together, I think Sibley being in the starting lineup makes sense. Won't be asked to create on his own with the starters and can be a low usage floor spacer.

The 2nd unit can rely on Carey and Bile to have higher usage rates...and then you figure out who's playing the best to be in the closing group.

Of course, it's hard to analyze now, because we have so many new players and do not know their capabilities yet, but I simply do not think we have enough talent to have distinct lineups. The other big difference this year is that we are going to have a short OOC, and two of those five games are real competition, so there won't be a ton of time to play with it. Once we are in Big East play, a shorter rotation of our 7-8 best guys will likely be best.

[MCIGuy]

People here ask for a short rotation of 7 to 8 players every season regardless of the roster or the scenario. And if players transfer because of this refusal to spread the wealth,some of those same people will claim Ewing can't keep a team together.

[EtomicB]

Oct 23, 2020 17:29:04 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

People here ask for a short rotation of 7 to 8 players every season regardless of the roster or the scenario. And if players transfer because of this refusal to spread the wealth,some of those same people will claim Ewing can't keep a team together.

Be fair, outside of Carter(very few posters had a problem with this)which player transferred under PE due to a lack of PT?