Friday, May 5, 2017

Reviewing recruiting

Knowing how good each individual recruit will be is almost impossible, but we can look at the overall strategy. Here are the five players we presumably have returning with at least 100 minutes of playing time last season:

Deondre Burns 1/2
Oliver Black 4/5
Andre Jones 3
Ben Marcus 3/4
plus
Dayshawn Watkins 1

At the moment we have eight players committed. (I am using Verbal Commits' position designations, plus some educated guesses of my own.)

Camron Reedus 1/2
Cameron Corcoran 2
Cezanne Carson 3
K. J. Gilmore 2/3
Wanjang Tut 3/4
Damir Hadzic 4
Kris Bankston 4
Wadly Mompremier 5

If my position assumptions are correct, here is the summary:
PG - 3
SG - 3
SF - 5
PF - 5
C - 2

So, here is my assessment.

PG. With our history at this position, I have developed a nervous twitch about it. You just cannot have too many points. IF, if, if Watkins is healthy and lives up to his billing, he should get 28-30 minutes a game at point. Nothing I have seen indicates that Burns or Reedus are true point guards. As long as Watkins stays healthy, then that is all right, because we only need them to fill in. If not - we are right back where we were last season unless Pippins survives the cut and improves drastically this year.

SG. Between Burns and Reedus here, with others filling in, we should be in good shape.

SF. We have enough numbers, especially given that this slot is pretty flexible. Quality? Who knows.

PF. Plenty of numbers, and I think that if we have a big surprise among the newcomers, this is where it will happen.

C. Two big men, unless Goldman survives the cut. That is about how many you can expect at this level. I think we will be fine here. Black is going to be fine, and Mompremier is a prototypical back-up center - give you solid minutes of defense and rebounding.

The bottom line? With the possible exception of another point guard, we got what we needed. Time will tell if we got who we needed.

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