@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Mitch:
@FarmerJayhawk Mitch played the 5 out of necessity, not convenience. Mitch’s game is built to play a stretch 4 role. Getting to play his natural position is going to help him out and make him look better. The 70% number isn’t some random number I pulled out of thin air. Mitch was 72% from the stripe as a sophomore. That was also a season where Mitch shot 35% from 3. Mitch took 25 FT’s that season and 35 as a junior and regressed for some reason. Mitch is definitely capable of hitting those numbers again and I think playing his natural position will make him feel more comfortable on the floor. Even with that regression from the FT line and from 3, Mitch was still at 61% from 2 which he did as a sophomore and junior.
Mitch doesn’t need to take a lot of shots, playing 20-25 mpg, Mitch would probably end up taking 4-5 shots per game with most of those coming off of screen or pick where he either pops a 3 or gets an easy lay up rolling to basket off that action.
With your best line up, which end of the floor are you talking about? Offense or defense because it isn’t the same line up depending on which end of the floor.
If you want the best offensive line up, Ochai Agbaji is not on the floor for that because he’s still not good offensively yet. I said in a post above what I think the best offensive line up is and you’ll notice I have Braun and Thompson in that line up because you can stick one on the wing on the away from the screen, the other shooter in the corner screen side and Dave on the baseline on the block opposite the screen side and you have spacing and room to work for everyone.
Just wondering why then he played 0 minutes when he was available to play the 4? We could’ve played him with Doke in 17-18 once Silvio was in the fold. I mean it’s easy to cherry pick his career highs and say that’s what he actually is as a player since we’ve already seen him for 3 years. I do think if he’s a stretch 4 his 2Pt% will go down since he won’t be in the post, which limits his efficiency.
It’s definitely the best offensive lineup. Like you, I’m expecting a jump from someone: Ochai. He has the highest ceiling of anyone on the roster and just turned 20 two days ago. I actually expect Braun to make a nice jump, “I think Tristan Enaruna and Christian Braun, to me, would be the guys I could see would make the biggest leaps just because usually that freshman to sophomore year is a huge leap year,” Self says. “Also Ochai. I think Ochai will make another big leap as well.”
So I’m not exactly pulling rabbits out of a hat here. I’m thinking Braun is similar in reality to the guy we saw in league play: 50% from 3 (on more attempts than Mitch has taken in his entire career), 90% from the line, PER of 16.5. His 2 point percentage should go up as well since he’ll add strength and become a better finisher. I like TGF a LOT too. I expect him to start slow but he’s a future pro.
And that lineup is better offensively than our best defensive lineup is defensively, so you go with it. It’s our 5 best guys all on the floor at once, and they fit together. Bill himself says we’ll play small the majority of the time and I’m inclined to believe him, “If the roster returns as expected, I think we’ll have more depth on the perimeter than we’ve had in a long time,” Self says. “We’ll definitely be playing more people than this year.”
