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Yep. What I just don't get is how you can put yourself in a position where Lanier holds all the cards? We're all in on him. If he asks for some insane amount, I suppose we just roll with the roster we currently have? Seems odd to have no options other than paying him what he wants or standing pat. Maybe we do have someone else on the line, and I'm just missing it.Would hurt if we miss out on Chaz.
Not really any other options. Guys like Watkins, Kadary, and Toppin would be nice, but not really positions of need.
We need everything except wings. We need a backup PG. We need post players and we need a lead shooting guard. The only place we have good depth at, like every year, is wings. All my adult life we have had tons of wings and tweeners and very few 1s and 5s or even true 2s or 4s. We have had very few players that were prototypical for their position like maybe once a decade.Would hurt if we miss out on Chaz.
Not really any other options. Guys like Watkins, Kadary, and Toppin would be nice, but not really positions of need.
Chandler/ziegler were both prototypical pgs.We need everything except wings. We need a backup PG. We need post players and we need a lead shooting guard. The only place we have good depth at, like every year, is wings. All my adult life we have had tons of wings and tweeners and very few 1s and 5s or even true 2s or 4s. We have had very few players that were prototypical for their position like maybe once a decade.
I love that we have a set guys we focus in on, but I do wish we would reach out to a few more guys each off season.Yep. What I just don't get is how you can put yourself in a position where Lanier holds all the cards? We're all in on him. If he asks for some insane amount, I suppose we just roll with the roster we currently have? Seems odd to have no options other than paying him what he wants or standing pat. Maybe we do have someone else on the line, and I'm just missing it.
I specified in my lifetime.... I am 49.....Aidoo and Grant were both very undersized for their position> Grant had a skillset that trancended that.. the issues with Aidoo and Awaka at the post were glaring anytime we played a team with a real big. Go back and look at EVERY loss we took last year.... Aidoo and/or Awaka were in serious foul trouble in all those games. Okpara looks like a poor mans Aidoo. ORN, Chandler, Uros, Santi, Gainey and ZZ are good examples all in a short span and with the exception of ZZ and Santi we got very limited contributions from the others. ORN and Chandler both left early, Uros was mostly a rah rah type of guy.Chandler/ziegler were both prototypical pgs.
Vescovi and Gainey are pretty typical sgs.
Olivier was a pretty standard PF. So was Grant.
Uros and Aidoo and now Okpara are pretty standard issue centers.
I feel like we have had a ton of guys who fit the mold for their position. The only one I really remember playing out of position a ton was JJJ.
How many 7 footers off the top of your head will be problems for us next year?I specified in my lifetime.... I am 49.....Aidoo and Grant were both very undersized for their position> Grant had a skillset that trancended that.. the issues with Aidoo and Awaka at the post were glaring anytime we played a team with a real big. Go back and look at EVERY loss we took last year.... Aidoo and/or Awaka were in serious foul trouble in all those games. Okpara looks like a poor mans Aidoo. ORN, Chandler, Uros, Santi, Gainey and ZZ are good examples all in a short span and with the exception of ZZ and Santi we got very limited contributions from the others. ORN and Chandler both left early, Uros was mostly a rah rah type of guy.
We have historically always played a lot of guys out of position from necessity especially at the post and PG. Had ZZ not come almost out of nowhere, very few expected him to contribute when he was recruited. No one saw him being what he is now except maybe him and Rick Barnes. Imagine if ZZ turned out like most of the PG's we have recruited the last decade who would have been running point after Chandler left? JJJ? Santi? We have recruited point guards but kinda been cursed they get hurt or transfer out. As far as post we have not had a starter at center in recent memory that was not undersized. Plasvic only averaged 11 mins a game in his UT career his peak year was 14 mins a game. Don't get it twisted I loved Uros and my post history proves I am a big fan of the guy. But the truth is the truth. I am trying really hard to remember the last time we had 1 a real center and 2 depth at the position. I do not think its a Barnes thing this has been UT for the past 20 years.
Since 2004 most years we didn't even roster a player over 6'9"
2004 Major Wingate, Brandon Crump
2005 Wingate
2006 none
2007 Brian Williams
2008 Williams
2009 Williams
2010 Williams
2011 Yemi Makojoula
2012 Yemi
2013 Rawane Ndiaye
2014 Tariq Owens, Dominic Woodson
2015 Kyle Alexander
2016 Alexander
2017 Alexander, Zach Kent
2018 Alexander, Kent
2019 Kent, Drew Pember, Uros
2020 Pember, Uros
2021 Aidoo,BHH, Uros
2022 Uros, Aidoo
2023 Aidoo, Estrella
So since 2004 UT has had exactly one 7 footer. In that same period we have had 5 guys over 6'9 that gave significant contributions.. Crump, Wingate, Alexander, Uros and Aidoo. Most of the rest of those guys either never played or transferred out fast. 11 of the 20 years we had 1 or less people over 6'9 and some of these guys were not even post players. Yes, you can have a starting center under 6'10 and win but when you have less than 3 guys on roster with size you're gonna have some serious issues. You have to at least have a few bodies for fouls against the teams out there that have big bodies. Just like in boxing there is a reason there are weight classes. a 6'9 (or even 6'11) 220lb guy is gonna have a lot of problems against someone 7 foot 240 those 20 pounds count for lot especially when you have access to major D1 strength training. There are exceptions to the rule from time to time but the rule stands.
Not aware of our schedule next year yet (it normally comes out in like july right?)and because of portal most rosters are in flux.. but how many did we face this year? We took 9 losses lets break em downHow many 7 footers off the top of your head will be problems for us next year?