no...we have a defense problem....imagine Somerville or Ogbole guarding Royal!I'm more of a LS booster than critic and I've been wondering about having him and EO on the floor together, something others have brought up. The big benefit I'd predict would be in rebounding, though as the general number of 3's increase, so will the number of long rebounds which will--through luck, anticipation, and scrappiness--falls to the 1, 2, 3. That all-aboard-the-defensive-rebounding train would cut into our ability to run on offense.. In the EO/LS together scenario, there's less adjustment for EO. He'll remain, offensively, at the traditional center spot where he's shown improvement. It would, however, be a new role for LS, though one he was comfortable with in hs ("The B1G isn't high school": Well, do tell.) I think his shooting would be fine, but I think he'd have to grow in his decision-making when it comes to attacking the basket with multi-dribble attacks. My guess (my hope?) is that after a few frustrating games it would click. Buying it? Defensively, this LS/EO experiment would work only work based on matchups and game flow. EO would guard the opposing five. If the opposing four is talented offensively (three point shooter, quick to the rim) except for in the paint, that assignment would cause LS problems. A 4 with not great offensive skills or whose body-type is more like Lathan's is a different story.
So, at times when we have this pair on the floor, we'd also have Ace and Dylan. Ideally, you'd want your final piece to be a shooter and adefensive hound. Don't really know who fits that bill: Jeremiah, JMike, Jordan? Not really. I think Zach has pretty much worked his way out of the rotation. This leaves PJ, Dylan G, and Bryce D. (Don't have enough to have real assessment of two frosh.) Anyone?
I'd lean against a lot of teams going the other way and playing neither so we can switch 1 thru 5