Because they are similar players. Both are ball dominant guys. Jackson has the higher upside, which was my original point. Davis coming back for year 5 hurt Jackson. Jackson is taller and is more efficient with his volume of shots. When RJ is in people just stand around as they know he’s going to chuck more often than pass.
RJ Davis coming back wasn’t a good idea
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You play both. RJ is our best player and Jackson could become the 2nd best or best. Look at last season, people didn't just stand around when RJ ran the point with Trimble at the 2 for large stretches. Plus, you don't have to rely on a traditional pg situation when you have 3 guards on the court, RJ, Jackson and Trimble, and Cadeau if not starting would still get a lot ot pt.
I get our bigs are not as skilled as we would like. At the end of the day we will never get a big to commit again if your idea of running a play for them is a pick and roll. I can only recall one time this year that we threw the ball in the post. (Lubin spun baseline and dunked it.) I still believe Washington has something to offer this team, but it won’t be catching the ball rolling to the basket.
Now to the point Ian got us back in the game and Rj damn near gave it away. Rj coming back took valuable NIL money which could’ve been spent on a big. I still hold out hope that we will get see 5 straight minutes of EC, IJ, DP, Withers, and wash.
Now to the point Ian got us back in the game and Rj damn near gave it away. Rj coming back took valuable NIL money which could’ve been spent on a big. I still hold out hope that we will get see 5 straight minutes of EC, IJ, DP, Withers, and wash.
U do realize that most of Ian’s points come from everyone else standing around watching lol. I do agree he needs more pt but not for RJ.
Lastly this is college it has nothing to do with the NBA….
Again, I don’t think we use our bigs properly… having withers stand in the corner minimizes his size and athletic ability. He’s a slasher and Washington is a post player. If you watched at all you would realize we stopped throwing the ball into the post the moment Hubert took over as coach. You have to do what’s best with your personnel. Hubert keeps trying to fit a square peg, in a round hole.
I said they are similar players. The team and ball moved much better when RJ had his hand wrapped and we went on the run. Much better.
I don’t disagree with you about nba and college but the bigs we recruit might. You said we’d not get them to play here by running the pnr but that’s literally what they want to learn. At least the ones good enough to play in the league. And yes I think hd tries to make guys something they are not but I also can look at this team and see the lack of talent for what we’ve been accustomed to seeing here. Which may be his fault too lol. Idk
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We also played much better when EC was on the bench earlier. Both of those stretches had two things in common….Ian Jackson. The first time when RJ went to the bench EC had three tos but Ian was scorching his man. Not on defense though lol. The second stretch was literally Ian and Seth finally drove with finishing in mind and also hit a three. Zero to do with either pg and in spite of EC being reckless actually. We need them all so it doesn’t matter who sits or plays with who. We won’t win squat without RJ or EC. We just need better from both.
And btw idk what withers is. Honestly, we’ve seen him slash some but it mostly ends up with a turnover or a dribble fumble off his own leg. Man id love to believe he can do it but he’s not gotten it done so far. Makes me crazy seeing him make a play that says wow, only to foul or turn it over the next four plays he’s in there. I want all of them to succeed. He’s just not done it. The reason we had a chance and got it done last night is imo because he played very little.
Hey coach don’t know if you saw my post from last night but I’d actually like to see EC RJ Seth Ian and Powell. The last several minutes was close to that with j wash instead of Powell and it did fairly well. We’d be small for sure but that’s our best five on offense and would be a tough out for any defense. IMO
I yelled at him during this play. I think he acknowledged to Drake after the play of his mistake.
