Who starts? Hubbs or Josh?

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So now that we know we have all the necessary pieces coming in for next year, I'll propose a question that has been debated off and on lightly over the past few months.

Will Hubbs or Richardson start?

I would think that if Hubbs started, the lineup would look like this:

1- Golden
2- Hubbs
3- McRae
4- Stokes
5- Maymon

This would obviously make Richardson the sixth man, and since he is our best defender and usually takes the other team's best scorer, I would think Josh would get the nod over Hubbs at the end of games.


The other lineup, with Richardson starting, would look like this:

1- Golden
2- McRae
3- Richardson
4- Stokes
5- Maymon

In this case, Hubbs would take on an 'instant offense' role as the sixth man.

It's super early and I know a whole lot can change. We don't know how Hubbs and Richardson will look in preseason practices/scrimmages. Many on here seem to believe it's a foregone conclusion that Hubbs will start, but I'm not so sure. What do you guys think? Which would you prefer and which do you think will ultimately end up happening?

(I know 4 and 5 could be flipped. Not the point of the thread though.)
 
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Richardson ready to defend anybody on the floor. Hubbs will be the sixth man. Think of it like what the Thunder did with Harden and Sefalosha. Harden was the better player but Sefalosha made everybody on defense.

Hubbs may start eventually but not first game.
 
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Richardson will start over Hubbs. He plays some of the best defense in the league and on top of that his mid-range jumper is money. I just don't see how you can afford to start Hubbs over Richardson unless he's the next Dwayne Wade.
 
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IndianaVolunteer said:
Yes! Our last 5* SG didn't ever live up to the hype, let's at least wait till the rocky top league to start making predictions for this young man. VFL!
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It's just discussion. I'm not trying to set any sort of unfair expectations on him. Merely discussing it won't hurt anything.
 
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ShowSomePride said:
Richardson will start over Hubbs. He plays some of the best defense in the league and on top of that his mid-range jumper is money. I just don't see how you can afford to start Hubbs over Richardson unless he's the next Dwayne Wade.
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Best post so far IMO. I'm in full agreement.

I just think Hubbs will be so dangerous in that J.R. Smith offensive sixth man role. He won't be asked to do too much, which might bring the best out of him.

And it's not like Richardson is a liability offensively. He can slash to score and, as you said, his mid-range pull-up is usually fantastic.
 
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if hubbs is 5* and everyone loves a star why would he not start. if he cant crack starting line up the are coach does not know talent
 
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We can assume McRae is starting at the SG spot, and at SF, Richardson is the starter until both he & Hubbs prove otherwise. Too many of you want to discount the value of the veteran leadership and defense Richardson brings and the value of his two years experience at the SEC level. It will be difficult for a freshman to overcome at first. It's not like we are starved for talent at the wings. We don't need a freshman to start immediately. It's probably in the best interest of both parties to bring Hubbs along slowly and let him acclimate to the college game.
 
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Hubbs might not start the first game, but by January, it would be best for UT if he was starting.

As for Richardson, he is a good defender, but there was way too many times that I saw McBee trying to chasing the best players in the league around the court. For some reason, Richardson wasn't always matched up with the best on the opposite team. I'm quite certain Hubbs will be just as good defensively than McBee was.
 
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I think Hubbs needs to start. Josh is a strong headed kid he will be able to adapt coming off the bench. Hubbs needs to know he has the full trust of the coaches, he is young and he is used to being the guy so to keep his confidence high let him start and Richardson come off the bench. Even if Hubbs just starts the game and 3 minutes in you bring in Richardson. It's a big adjustment coming in from high school to college so letting him start would be the best thing for him ( if he earns it of coarse)
 
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utfan72408 said:
So now that we know we have all the necessary pieces coming in for next year, I'll propose a question that has been debated off and on lightly over the past few months.

Will Hubbs or Richardson start?

I would think that if Hubbs started, the lineup would look like this:

1- Golden
2- Hubbs
3- McRae
4- Stokes
5- Maymon

This would obviously make Richardson the sixth man, and since he is our best defender and usually takes the other team's best scorer, I would think Josh would get the nod over Hubbs at the end of games.


The other lineup, with Richardson starting, would look like this:

1- Golden
2- McRae
3- Richardson
4- Stokes
5- Maymon

In this case, Hubbs would take on an 'instant offense' role as the sixth man.

It's super early and I know a whole lot can change. We don't know how Hubbs and Richardson will look in preseason practices/scrimmages. Many on here seem to believe it's a foregone conclusion that Hubbs will start, but I'm not so sure. What do you guys think? Which would you prefer and which do you think will ultimately end up happening?

(I know 4 and 5 could be flipped. Not the point of the thread though.)
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Hubbs is not in school yet and has yet to practice with the team. I will wait until October-November to predict who starts. Who knows, Davis may start before any on those except Stokes and Maymon.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
Hubbs is not in school yet and has yet to practice with the team. I will wait until October-November to predict who starts. Who knows, Davis may start before any on those except Stokes and Maymon.
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Seriously doubt Davis will start. Kinda tall to be playing the 2/3, but who knows, you might be right.
 
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johnnybravo said:
Hubbs might not start the first game, but by January, it would be best for UT if he was starting.

As for Richardson, he is a good defender, but there was way too many times that I saw McBee trying to chasing the best players in the league around the court. For some reason, Richardson wasn't always matched up with the best on the opposite team. I'm quite certain Hubbs will be just as good defensively than McBee was.
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McBee was chasing shooters because Richardson guarded the most athletic/most versatile scorer on the other team.
 
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zjcvols said:
McBee was chasing shooters because Richardson guarded the most athletic/most versatile scorer on the other team.
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E. Turner and Henderson come to mind. Maybe CCM should have had Richardson guard the best players on the team next year then.
 
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johnnybravo said:
E. Turner and Henderson come to mind. Maybe CCM should have had Richardson guard the best players on the team next year then.
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I didn't catch any of the UT-UM game, so I can't comment on that.

Richardson got in foul trouble early against TAMU, that's why McBee guarded Turner most of the game. In OT, they switched Richardson back on him for most of that time.
 
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It's also worth pointing out that we're not just losing mcbee and replacing him with hubbs here. Maymon is coming back and will be starting and taking a good number of minutes. We went small a lot last year and I don't see that happening again next year.
 
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I know this thread is simply Hubbs vs. Richardson, but I don't think it has to be that narrow. I think whoever does not start will still have just as many minutes on the floor as the other one. If Richardson starts Hubbs will spell Richardson and McRae and vice versa for Richardson. All three could end up having 25-28 minutes at least a game. And if you add the fact that Richardson has shown flashes at point, that is another area he could spell some time to get Hubbs on the floor.

CCM said coming in to Tennessee he likes to play 6 or 7 guys and that's it. He has not been able to do that thus far because he has not had the personnel, now he does. SO watch out, we may just see the first true year of a CCM team.
 
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zjcvols said:
I didn't catch any of the UT-UM game, so I can't comment on that.

Richardson got in foul trouble early against TAMU, that's why McBee guarded Turner most of the game. In OT, they switched Richardson back on him for most of that time.
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There were times in the TAMU that Richardson was in the game while McBee was getting eat up by Turner.

If Richardson is on the team we should have never seen McBee guarding the POY KCP.
 
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