I know people will disagree with me, but if Evans is the PG1, I wouldn't play as much of the traditional UNC system. I would actually play slower (not slow) and initiate offense through the bigs at the high post/elbow consistently and utilize him off the ball a lot. And I mean utilize the bigs to trigger and initiate offense. Not just to finish offensive possessions. Certainly try to score in primary and secondary off misses or when it's available. But on paper, this doesn't look like a "play the fastest pace in the country" to me. I didn't think that should've been the game plan last year either.
I'm personally not someone who thinks your PG needs to be the absolute engine and dominant handling figure to be a good team. I actually think it's more important that you have quality bigs that you can trigger and play through. It appears they have it, and at the least, they've upgraded the bigs significantly from last season.
For me, Evans isn't really a PG so that's dangerous. But looks to be an elite shooter and is a plus shooter off the bounce, which is huge. I like my guards to be able to play without the ball in their hands. Cadeau and RJ didn't have that ability consistently. Not sure if Seth is that kind of player, but he can at least score off offensive rebounds. I think Evans can clearly play without the ball. And there might be enough skill with Wilson and Veesaar where you have to force opposing 4s and 5s to play against skill.
Here's the scary part. It will come down to coaching. How will Hubert utilize all this. Will he be creative enough and layered in his offensive scheme to get the most out of his skill? We'll see. If this becomes Evans camping in the corner for spacing and Trimble isolating 1-on-1 if he gets a big to switch on him in a basic ball screen, then this isn't going to work.
But there is a path for good offense. All subject to change since we're 1/2 a year away from the games mattering. But at least for today, I can let my imagination run a bit.
For instance, stuff like this:
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And this:
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And if he can really shoot it like he did this season, there's no reason you can't steal a bucket a game on this kind of early offense:
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And please have this for Seth next season with Evans as the decoy:
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