Obviously Muss likes big guards. I am hoping we land Isaiah Moss, i really like his game from an offensive standpoint and I’ve been reading some stuff on him and he works hard on defense.
If we land Moss we will definitely go ten deep, maybe deeper. And i think he’s a starter from day 1.
Not taking any additional recruits into consideration and with Moss and Cylla on board.
I see our starting lineup as this
Isaiah Joe
Jay Harris
Isaiah Moss
Jeantal Cylla
Reggie Chaney
Unless Muss can find someone out of the group that can bring the ball up the court, i think this lineup makes the most sense. I can also see Desi or, even, Mason Jones running the point. If that’s the starting five though, look at our bench-
Desi Sills
Justice Hill
Mason Jones
Gabe O
Ethan Henderson
Adrio Bailey
Khalil Garland?
If we sign CV, that puts us at our limit. Still anxious to see/hear something on Khalil. Nothing official leads me to believe that there’s still a shot, no matter how small.
That starting lineup is fast and skilled. We all know of Harris’ shooting woes, i’m in the camp that he can still improve based on his form and release and FT shooting. I’m convinced most is between his ears. There’s no questioning his ability to penetrate and with the spacing being vastly improved (Just my opinion here) i think he will be a pretty good facilitator and mid-range and at the rim scorer. Granted we won’t have a true 5 more than likely, i feel that we will have size at the other positions and speed. I can see this team averaging in low to mid 80’s. Maybe higher. While we will get eaten up by teams with big post players offensively, we will have four or five guys that average between 4-9 rebounds per game.
Muss’ last two Nevada teams weren’t huge, they averaged in the 80s the last two seasons. As he said, we have better players than they did but the makeup size wise is similar.
If Ethan is here next year, i look for him to be improved and log some minutes. He’s gonna have to.
All in all, i am pretty pumped about the potential. The roster is good, Mike, whether you liked him or not, has this roster in pretty good shape minus the big we lack but the guys that are here, for the most part, fit what Muss wants to do.
I’m most excited about the pace and space. We, as Hog fans, love uptempo Hawg ball. That doesn’t necessarily mean pressing and trapping but i bet Deflections are something that Muss charts to a degree. He’s stated that he wants us to gamble on defense but gamble smart. I like the idea that he says he won’t zone, I don’t believe it but i like it. That’s what you can sell to recruits. Teach man to man and show that you’re going to play that way will garner a lot more consideration from kids that are potential NBA players coming out of high school. Calipari does the same thing.
Add one more nice piece and i feel strongly that we are a top 3/4 SEC team next year and should get pre-season consideration with some of the talking heads. A lot of that is popularity contests and Muss is well respected there.
Being a Mike guy, meaning i really have a lot of respect for the man and coach, I felt he should get another year. After it’s all said and done, i couldn’t be more happy with our new coach and i also couldn’t be any happier for Mike. The fact that he landed on his feet and got a lot of support from Hog fans on twitter kind of made all of this okay in my book. And we absolutely got a complete stud and hard worker. I’m hoping he’s here for the duration. There’s no question in my opinion that he’s going to succeed at a high level. High enough that UK fans are going to start wanting him as their coach if Cal ever moves on.
Can’t wait until we get closer to the season.