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[IndyHoosier1997 146]

I agree we need to look at defensive bigs, but one of the teams in the national championship in Houston weren’t exactly playing your typical rim protecting defensive bigs. 
 

They didn’t have a player in their rotation above 6’8.

[eddy4iu 932]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I hope we can finally find officiating that doesn't pander to tackle basketball; that would be nice. 

The bald 7ft official needs to GOOOOO

You mean Lurch (aka DJ Carstensen)?  BTW - he's also a self-professed Wisconsin fan.

[Victor 114]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

I don't think many are worried about what the 5 brings offensively. Defensively however, it's a glaring concern at the present moment.

Alexis is actually pretty good. From what I’ve seen of DD teams the defense relies less on bigs. They focus on stopping drives before the paint area. This style is so foreign to the big ten. So much length already(not height) that they will get backside help blocks. This bunch looks speedy too. The opposing team better get back on defense. 

[Bowhunter 3,125]

I’ve watched all the highlight videos and they all look good so it’s hard to decipher. I don’t  know what Dorn would be rated, but he was killing it. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,878]

2 minutes ago, eddy4iu said:

You mean Lurch (aka DJ Carstensen)?  BTW - he's also a self-professed Wisconsin fan.

pretty clearly lol .... I mean, look at him. 

I assume he's part of Hells Angels too 

[Victor 114]

7 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

This!!!!!! Thank you. The only two teams off the top of my head with elite bigs and high usage are Michigan and Purdue at the moment. 

I wouldn’t say Purdue bigs are elite. 

[Hardwood83 5,034]

45 minutes ago, Victor said:

Not true. Some of you/us aren’t ready to see a team like this one. Need to stop thinking post centric. The B1G is going away from banging and backing down type bigs. Alexis is 240 pound by the way. 

You might be right on the direction of the conference, but no one (that I have seen) is asking for Ballo 2.0. Also notice the guys being discussed for a post are Federiko/Miller, etc, who barely weigh 200lbs, but are athletic. Which is just like most of the Sweet 16 teams this year. I don't happen to think Bailey fits that role.

Wanting to have a legit defender at the 5 doesn't = 'post-centric.'

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39 minutes ago, Victor said:

The wings he’s getting play more like guards. Will be sweet seeing kick outs to multiple “guards”. Can’t wait to see them vs. fletcher and smith. 

That said, Conerway is a combo guard who can guard wings and rebounds like a wing.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,878]

2 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

You might be right on the direction of the conference, but no one (that I have seen) is asking for Ballo 2.0. Also notice the guys being discussed for a post are Federiko/Miller, etc, who barely weigh 200lbs, but are athletic. Which is just like most of the Sweet 16 teams this year. I don't happen to think Bailey fits that role.

Wanting to have a legit defender at the 5 doesn't = 'post-centric.'

Bailey is 6'10-6'11 -- -230/235.... and is well above average athletically. Yes he is. 

[Hardwood83 5,034]

4 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Bailey is 6'10-6'11 -- -230/235.... and is well above average athletically. Yes he is. 

I don't think he is an adequete post defender, regardless of his measurements. I am basing this off my limited observations. Apparently you do based on yours. It's April, so nothing will settle it for several months.  

[Victor 114]

8 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

You might be right on the direction of the conference, but no one (that I have seen) is asking for Ballo 2.0. Also notice the guys being discussed for a post are Federiko/Miller, etc, who barely weigh 200lbs, but are athletic. Which is just like most of the Sweet 16 teams this year. I don't happen to think Bailey fits that role.

Wanting to have a legit defender at the 5 doesn't = 'post-centric.'

Thats not at all what I saw. I see people wanting “bigs”. I took it as they want banger types. This teams built like(imho) the Miami team that nearly won it all. 4 guard and one semi-big on the court who can do many things. I mean if you want to look at the direction look at Wisconsin. Totally different team this year. Gone with the swing offense and traditional pack line. Guard might’ve adapted styles nobody expected and doing it Temu style. 

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1 minute ago, Hardwood83 said:

I don't think he is an adequete post defender, regardless of his measurements. I am basing this off my limited observations. Apparently you do based on yours. It's April, so nothing will settle it for several months.  

I don't know how you couldn't be an adequate defender with his measurements. 

[Victor 114]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

He’s not bad in spurts, but there’s no way he can be your only defensive oriented player in the front court next season. What if he’s only good for 10-15 mpg or god forbid he gets hurt again? Need a rim protector who you can rely on for ~20 mpg, and if it cuts into Reed’s minutes, so be it.

Who said that? I think you missed some of my point though. He’s not going to be the only one. This team will get backside help and blocks from these athletic wings. It’s been done before. Just not in the big ten. 

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Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I don't know how you couldn't be an adequate defender with his measurements. 

Low block rate, bad rebounding rate, poor positioning…likely due to strength. Teams in the A10 scored at the rim at will with Bailey in the game. He’s a perimeter-oriented player that just happens to be tall.

[Victor 114]

13 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Bailey is 6'10-6'11 -- -230/235.... and is well above average athletically. Yes he is. 

I guess everyone thinks blocks/rim protection comes from post players. Just here to poke the bear I guess. 

[AH1971 3,185]

Just now, Victor said:

Who said that? I think you missed some of my point though. He’s not going to be the only one. This team will get backside help and blocks from these athletic wings. It’s been done before. Just not in the big ten. 

Do we have athletic wings? We have taller wings, but Miles is the only one who I would consider to be a plus athlete. I don’t think you’re going to get much defensively from DeVries, Dorn, Wilkerson etc.

Maybe they’re serviceable but that’s not reassuring especially if Bailey is playing a bulk of the minutes at the 5.

[Victor 114]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

Low block rate, bad rebounding rate, poor positioning…likely due to strength. Teams in the A10 scored at the rim at will with Bailey in the game. He’s a perimeter-oriented player that just happens to be tall.

You are leaving out the other players though. They were bad defensively at the point of attack etc. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,878]

3 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Low block rate, bad rebounding rate, poor positioning…likely due to strength. Teams in the A10 scored at the rim at will with Bailey in the game. He’s a perimeter-oriented player that just happens to be tall.

No he's not lol 

[AH1971 3,185]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

No he's not lol 

He’s defensive numbers were atrocious last year. There’s no defending it.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,878]

69% of Reed Bailey's shot attempts were at the rim last year.