re: #tAuburnBasketball Thread

The real key is that we don't want our bigs, especially Wiley plying more than 20min. They all would benefit by being fresh vs tired opponent bigs


With our tempo/pace, their efficiency would go up tremendously while opponents tire and AU players rotate in fresh

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1- Harper 30/ Mitchell 10
2- Brown 30/ Heron 10
3- Heron 20/ Purifoy 15/Okeke 5
4- Purifoy 15/Murray/15/Spencer 10
5- Wiley 20/McElmore 15/Spencer 5

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This makes it look to me like we desperately need a grad transfer combo guard. Cut Harper and Brown's minutes down to 20 a piece and give the grad transfer 10 at both.

Edit: also, isn't Okeke supposed to be a 4? I'm guessing you just play him at the 3 to give him minutes since we have too many between the 4/5s?

I love the idea of making freshmen earn minutes, I just hate that we're in such a tight spot in some places and overloaded in others.

Isn't Murray more of a 5 than a 4? I know the hope is that he's working on an outside shot, but that may never develop.

Bruce doesn't want to be playing guys >30m a game. The mpg avg of even his best players like Tobias Harris in a down year hovered right below 30. Heron/Purifoy (even right now) is out of need not design. If we added a KT Harrell somehow, I don't see either getting >30m


I don't expect any player to play at our desired pace >30m without decreasing efficiency and exposing themselves to lazy defense.

Especially for guys like Harper/Brown who have aggressive games, that is just asking for lazy fouls and shot selection

How about Frankie Sullivan?

Our managers team is undefeated so far this season, and I have to believe a lot of it has to do with him.

Ive seen our managers and it made no sense to me how that group was consistently winning.

Didn't realize Frankie is probably the Lebron of those games

Barbie years suck arse, we wasted so much talent.

I'd give naming rights to my child to have Chris Denison on this team. That guy would have excelled in this offense


Hell Jordan Price has been straight killing it at LaSalle and a big reason they are KenPom ~100

He's definitely one of my Auburn favs. Nobody can top Doc Robinson though.

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Murray could end up being a great player, but as of now he hasn't contributed at all. I'll happily eat crow if he's a productive guy.

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Well yeah that's because he just transferred and isn't eligible to play until next year
Maybe you're confusing him with GT LaRon Smith who will be gone next year and hasn't played much since Wiley got here?

Go watch DeSean Murray's highlights from Presbyterian. Dudes an athletic freak and can jump out of the gym. He must have a 41" vertical. Reminds me of a poor man's Barkley (in no way am I saying he'll have that type of impact, just meaning his style of play)

He meant more that we recruited a position we didn't need anyone to fill.

When we took Murray though, we thought there was a real shot of Purifoy declaring, we didn't know Wiley would enroll early and our only post recruit was a huge development project in McElmore. Think of the realistic situation sans Murray we would have had

4- True FR Okeke + Raw project player McElmore
5- True FR Wiley + Horace Spencer


Our post situation, which looks like a huge strength in 2017, would have relied on multiple young guys developing quickly. That's on top of the known issues for the 2/3



I watched Murray in our scrimmages preseason, he was easily our best post player. He is the only guy with a natural touch around the rim to get the ball in the bucket. If he even develops any type of game driving or shooting he will be lethal for us