re: Malik Newman...UPDATED

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The Twins are not NBA material? What are you smoking? There 6'6" guards and there game is made for the NBA they will go first round.

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Go look at mock drafts. None of them have Aaron even getting drafted, while Andrew is mid to low second round. Aaron is a shooter that is at 30% from three this year. Andrew is progressing but is still too slow on defense

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If this happens, I feel bad for Hornsby

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Why? He would still get plenty of playing time off the bench and would have a shot at a final four.

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If this happens, I feel bad for Hornsby Why? He would still get plenty of playing time off the bench and would have a shot at a final four.

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Yep, Hornsby is clearly a team player to me. Dude just wants to win, he knows he's not an NBA player, but would love to make a deep tourney run. Like I said, we could almost go platoon system next year if we got Newman and M&M stayed:

Mickey
Martin
Simmons
Newman
Quarterman

Off Bench:
Robinson III
Victor
Hornsby
Blakeney
Patterson

Gray, Malone, Bridgewater, Epps eat up the blowout minutes or if someone gets injured (knock on wood but we've been lucky with injuries this year)...obviously one of those guys wouldn't be here if this scenario happened.

I think Gray could be a transfer candidate. But also, don't sleep on Gray. He has ability that not many on this team have, he's just not big enough to finish at the rim. But he's slowly becoming a pass first PG which is scary. IF he learns to drive and kick instead of going up for a layup he will be lethal. No one can deny his crazy handles and ability to get into the lane.

Before people start talking about his turnovers, look at his place since he started coming odf the bench. I think he's learning. Slowly, but I still think it's happening.

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Plenty of time? Blakeney, tq, JP, malik would play 85% of the guard minutes. And if mickey comes back, simmons will play a lot of 3.

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Mickey likely isn't coming back, and Hornsby gets on the court before TQ and Patterson.

Well I know he can play the 3, but simmons, Blakeney, Malik, TQ all have precedent over him for the 2/3 spot. I love Horns and I'm sure if he got to the final four only playing 10-15 mins he would be fine

TQ is playing point guard, Newman and Blakeney are purely scoring guards.

And TQ>>Horns in terms of what they mean to the team.

Also, no one can say after the last few games Mickey is def leaving

Hornsby will get playing time. He is our best 3-point shooter.

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I'm pretty sure Blakeney would start instead of Quarterman and they would just put Newman at PG. All three of Newman, Blakeney and Simmons can handle the ball Just the thought of Mickey Martin Simmons Blakeney Newman

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It could go either way, I like Quarterman working with that first group because it's a very tall lineup with Quarterman having a lot of experience running the point as well. Newman is more of a combo guard than true point guard. I'd like for Newman and Blakeney to both play the 2 and think score score score while Quarterman and Patterson are distributors who can score in their own right. Plus, having Blakeney in that second group gives you a pure scorer you want coming off the bench. Quarterman can drop some points too, but he's no Blakeney when it comes to just ridiculous scoring games.

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Well I know he can play the 3, but simmons, Blakeney, Malik, TQ all have precedent over him for the 2/3 spot. I love Horns and I'm sure if he got to the final four only playing 10-15 mins he would be fine

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Check out my lineup again, it works just fine:

Mickey
Martin
Simmons
Newman
Quarterman

Off Bench:
Robinson III
Victor
Hornsby
Blakeney
Patterson


Quarterman should be at the point way more than the 2 or 3.