JCT wrote:
With Dolan, Watson, Quinn, Edwards, and Mwamba (not to mention Dawson when healthy) playing at the 3, looks to me like Ben Schweiger has moved down the pecking order. I'm surprised, but you can see how the decision-making, athleticism, defense and confidence (?) come and go in flashes. He had a bad shooting day today, and had 4 fouls in 14 minutes.
Based on what I saw today, Dame Adelekun has moved down somewhat in my estimation of playing time and Rubin has moved up. Welch appears to have beefed up and is still as smart and efficient as ever (4-for-4 from the field). Adelekun can rebound, that's for sure-- 8 boards in 9 minutes, 3 of them offensive-- but he's slower than I thought and less able to manufacture a shot in inside traffic than I thought. Bring him in when we're getting killed on the boards. We may have a three-headed center by committee this year, with Welch the best shooter, Adelekun the best rebounder, and Rubin the best rim protector (he had 3 blocks to go with 11 points and 4 rebounds).
Rubin appears to have some issue with his knee-- he wore a brace at halftime and was limping a bit.
Watson had a bad shooting day. His reputation for being smart, quick, athletic and a bad shooter has carried over. Some of the shots are wide open, and he hits those shots in warm-up. May be a mental/confidence thing-- overthinking, performance anxiety? But he's a very good defender with quickness that no one else on the team has. Plays smart, has good court vision. He finishes well at the basket with a good touch, but his jumpers veer off line and miss the range. You can see why he gets big minutes even in an off shooting day. Will be interesting to see what happens when Dawson comes back.
Mwamba was pretty impressive, but he was a total mis-match for Trinity's personnel. Three of six on threes, three steals, two rebounds, and 13 points in 14 minutes.... Trinity had some big guys in the 6-8 to 6-9 range, but they mostly stayed near the basket.