I had a post about this in the improvement poll thread, but how do you see the bottom of the rotation shaking out this season?
It's the off season where HYPE is being thrown out about just about every player. The reality is Pike isn't playing 12 guys in the rotation. A few players will have to be near the bottom of the rotation and likely not play much or at all as we get to the B1G schedule
11 and 12th men I'd say are Oskar and Ogbole. We know what we get from Oskar. He can give us solid minutes if we need it, but hopefully Chol is a higher upside tall 3 point shooter that can take that role. Ogbole is still working back from injury and Wolf is expected to break out. I can see Ogbole getting minutes against Edey if he's healthy in specific matchups but otherwise he is likely 3rd string 5
Davis - originally expected to be at the very end of the bench, but the hype train is full speed ahead now. His speed athleticism and defense likely get him on the court. If Rutgers wants to play uptempo, that is Davis. If he forces his way onto the court, which sounds likely, who is he taking minutes from and dropping in the rotation?
Williams - we haven't seen him yet but coming off an injury and not the greatest shooter. Believe I read an article that had him statistically not a good defender. I could see him losing minutes if Davis is truly a breakout freshman. Someone has to and it might be a player we wouldn't exactly expect. He is experienced and brings some size to the guard spot with Noah Davis and Simpson being either small or slender or both
Chol - complete wildcard. Talent is there. Shooting is there. Can he play D? Will he take advantage of likely early season playing time with Mag easing back in
Noah Griffiths Simpson seem like the locked in top 3 guards. Is there enough PT for both Davis and Williams? One of those 2 is likely to see less time IMO. I am curious to see how Noah looks defensively, but he would have to be reallyyy bad there to drop down the rotation which seems very unlikely
It's possible that the Hyatt hype never materializes in real games, but at this point there is too many positive reports to expect this to be the case. He did lose his spot to Oskar last season though so it can't be ruled out
Any other candidates for bottom of the rotation I am missing?
Noah Griffiths Simpson Hyatt Mag Cliff Wolf would be the locked in 7 for the rotation I would think with Davis Williams and Chol 8-10 having upside to play more and downside to be stuck to the bench if they don't deliver
It's the off season where HYPE is being thrown out about just about every player. The reality is Pike isn't playing 12 guys in the rotation. A few players will have to be near the bottom of the rotation and likely not play much or at all as we get to the B1G schedule
11 and 12th men I'd say are Oskar and Ogbole. We know what we get from Oskar. He can give us solid minutes if we need it, but hopefully Chol is a higher upside tall 3 point shooter that can take that role. Ogbole is still working back from injury and Wolf is expected to break out. I can see Ogbole getting minutes against Edey if he's healthy in specific matchups but otherwise he is likely 3rd string 5
Davis - originally expected to be at the very end of the bench, but the hype train is full speed ahead now. His speed athleticism and defense likely get him on the court. If Rutgers wants to play uptempo, that is Davis. If he forces his way onto the court, which sounds likely, who is he taking minutes from and dropping in the rotation?
Williams - we haven't seen him yet but coming off an injury and not the greatest shooter. Believe I read an article that had him statistically not a good defender. I could see him losing minutes if Davis is truly a breakout freshman. Someone has to and it might be a player we wouldn't exactly expect. He is experienced and brings some size to the guard spot with Noah Davis and Simpson being either small or slender or both
Chol - complete wildcard. Talent is there. Shooting is there. Can he play D? Will he take advantage of likely early season playing time with Mag easing back in
Noah Griffiths Simpson seem like the locked in top 3 guards. Is there enough PT for both Davis and Williams? One of those 2 is likely to see less time IMO. I am curious to see how Noah looks defensively, but he would have to be reallyyy bad there to drop down the rotation which seems very unlikely
It's possible that the Hyatt hype never materializes in real games, but at this point there is too many positive reports to expect this to be the case. He did lose his spot to Oskar last season though so it can't be ruled out
Any other candidates for bottom of the rotation I am missing?
Noah Griffiths Simpson Hyatt Mag Cliff Wolf would be the locked in 7 for the rotation I would think with Davis Williams and Chol 8-10 having upside to play more and downside to be stuck to the bench if they don't deliver