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Does the Godfather stay with the same five and bring MK off the bench?

MK starts the first conference game

yanick and MK start

I believe I would drop Ben Moore to coming off the bench as a 6th man. If my memory
is correct, I believe he was much better coming off the bench last year. He has started
all 11 games this year, and to me, he has been a major disappointment with his turnovers,
scoring below his potential. I would start Markus and bring Ben in to replace him when he
gets tired. Into the conference Markus will be in better shape and may play longer.

My starting 5 for the next game or two would be - NM, KF, MK, YM, and RM.

If Emelogu reaches his potential he might replace Ryan Manuel eventually.

I have a good feeling about the rest of the season.

I would think MK starts and Cannen goes to 10 minutes or so? Hopefully he plays MK and YM together.

I think the starting 5 is NM, RM, KF, YM, MK.

What is interesting is what this does to the bench. I think Justin Martin basically swaps with Frasier. At the 1 and 2, you sub RM out first, probably for Sterling because Sterling is a better defender than Ben E? Then when Nic needs a break, RM comes in for him for a spell. Then Nick comes back in and RM goes back to the 2.

Either Ben E or Sterling are going to have pretty limited minutes barring injury the rest of the season.

It also means I don't think we will see Ben Moore on the perimeter much this season, like Brown was hoping to do. The evolution of RM and Keith have made that rotation much different than what was anticipated.

I THINK you start MK and YM down low to get your best players int he game. What I would rather see is MK and BM start with Ym and CC off the bench. Two reasons: 1) I like the spacing better on the floor because you have a true post and a floater at the top. 2) If our bench is in the game, we could see RM, Ben E, Justin, BM, and CC. Not a lot of scoring in that group. When Nic, Keith, YM, and MK are on the floor at the same time, you almost have too many people who want to score the ball.

I am starting to doubt MK and YM together. I would love it but they were not on the court together against Mich

SMUstangs22 wrote:I am starting to doubt MK and YM together. I would love it but they were not on the court together against Mich

I don't think we will see a lot of this because teams can go small and play zone den sickly. If mk has to run out on shooters we are in trouble. That is the benefit of playing Ben Moore at the 4 he is athletic enough to play defense on the perimeter.

Just my opinion but I think there's a 0% chance MK and Yanick don't start together.

LA_Mustang wrote:Just my opinion but I think there's a 0% chance MK and Yanick don't start together.

I hope you are right. Effectively denies most teams offensive post presence... With some bench support. May be vulnerable against a 3 pt shooting PF but I love the idea of MK and YM on both sides of the ball. I was waiting to see it against Mich

Nic Moore
Keith Frazier
Ryan Manuel
Markus Kennedy
Yanick Moreira

Ben Moore and Sterling Brown should be first two off bench.

I want to echo what Falcon said above, I have been massively disappointed in Ben Moore this season. He looks lost, disoriented, when before he looked like a to be breakout dominant player.

Some of you guys are funny. Ben struggled in his past two games and now he's having a disappointing season?

11 pts, 8 rebs against UCSB
14 pts, 7 rebs against Wyoming
16 pts, 7 rebs against Indiana
11 pts, 8 rebs against Gonzaga
22 pts, 9 rebs against Lamar

If we want our five best guys on the floor, it's: Nic, KF, Ben, Markus, Yanick