Quote:Where did this notion that Wills plays the 1 come from? He's a 2 who can easily defend 1-4. He's not a point guard. Never handles the ball up the court (unless Ty was getting trapped/full-court pressed).
I too believe O'Connell will play a significant role this season. As I wrote above, he certainly has the size and athleticism to not get knocked around as a freshman. Taitz is more of a combo guard (as is Daejon) but has played the point before.
All this said, Davis and Wills are way too effective on defense to sit much. I don't think there will be a "rotation" as much as O'Connell will likely end up a super sub, at least in the short term.
I agree with this^. I think people are expecting a little too much of O'Connell. I'm a big fan, but he's not going to average more than 5 ppg. When he's on the floor, he will strictly be a facilitator and our offense will run thru Oscar and Ziaire, with Spencer Jones running around looking for open 3's. Expecting O'Connell to have a Terry-like impact just won't work for this team, and it isn't even what we should want. We should want Ziaire and Oscar to be the focal point of the offense. Everyone else should be able to benefit from opposing defense's trying to shut those 2 down.