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(08-07-2018 09:19 PM)Lush Wrote:  seven combined offensive rebounds for soso and tre. i hope that translates. at least i think that's good. i know it's early, but i'd never think i'd see soso advance over brooks. not saying like it's not hard to pass nysier on the depth chart, just how i felt about soso. that'd be sweet if he turned into the next bill russell

Yeah, Tre and Nsoseme are offensive rebounding machines. Last year per 40 minutes they averaged more offensive rebounds then Gary Clark. I think it will continue this year.

I didn't expect to see so much of Nsoseme either. But for the opposite reason as I loved Nsoseme last year. I thought Brooks would take a big step in development over the summer. Instead, Brooks couldn't stay in the first exhibition game and fouled out in 7 minutes in this one. Barring a miracle in Brooks development it looks like he's going to be a dissapointment who is an average backup at best. Luckily, Nsoseme looks like a potential future NBA starter, so Brooks lack of development doesn't hurt too much.

I see Nsoseme as a 15 minute guy this season; however, I expect him to impact the game in a positive way time he is out there. Brooks seems like a 5 to 10 minute sub as this point.

This season is all about Cuberland becoming a first team level player and two other guys around him playing at a high level.

Agreed on Brooks, he has been a disaster so far, major dissapointment for a junior. I'm hoping for more like 20-25 minutes from Nsoseme though. Either that or for Diarra to be a major contributor. If Nsoseme can only give 15 minutes and Brooks 5-10, Tre Scott isn't going to get much time to rest. Between starting at the 4 and playing 10-15 minutes as an undersized 5, Scott will start to wear down. Someone besides Scott needs to help carry the load. The only 2 likely to do that are Nsoseme and Diarra and Diarra is still a mystery at this point. Hardnett possibly could provide some minutes as well.

Hardnett seems like a likely redshirt after seeing such little PT over the past few games.

Definitely possible, it's what a lot of people seem to think. I think he's got a shot though. He's big enough to play the 4 and the competition for the backup 4 role isn't exactly settled. If Scott is playing 10-15 minutes at the 5, that leaves about 20 minutes at 4 that somebody besides Scott has to fill. Fredericks can take some of that, but if he's the starting 3, he will need some rest as well.

That would leave 10-15 minutes at the 4 and only Hardnett/Diarra have the size to fill it. Diarra has a year of experience over Hardnett and the size to play the 5, so he has to be the favorite. But, we haven't seen Diarra play in almost a year. Until he gets on the court and proves he can play, I'm not writing Hardnett off as a redshirt. Even if Diarra is the primary backup, Hardnett could probably get 5 minutes per game as a sub (at the 3/4 if Cronin has us pressing all game), he might choose that over redshirting.