I like Bilodeau as the sixth man, with Dailey at the four with either Brown, Perry, or Williams at the three. Dailey is a lot more efficient and physical. However, Bilodeau would be a good boost for the offense off the bench as he doesn't quite have the physicality to hang with the Julian Reese and Vladislav Goldin type players.
It’s tough to envision a world where Bilo comes off the bench after earning All Big Ten 3rd Team honors last season. While I agree with some of what you’re saying re his physicality, his metrics defensively were a lot better than I thought
ah, I have an actual disagreement!! :-) You may be correct because of Mick's loyalty but in terms of minutes played, I expect Brown to earn the majority of minutes at the 3 spot and Dailey to get many if not most of his minutes at the 4 spot. Your logic on Bilodeau taking 5 or 10 (if Jamerson doesn't prove out) at center makes sense. And no doubt Mick will play Eric at the 3 at times but he does so at the expense of his team's best defense.
He may well be willing to make that trade off but imo it's important - defense is the core of what he's built his career around. I get that he feels pressure to lean more on offense but to me that's a big tradeoff in this case because we've all seen Dailey struggles guarding opposing wings and Big Ten teams have now seen us for a full season and they will see a three step strategy to beat us: 1) try to overpower us in the paint; 2) kill us from the wing positions; 3) utilize their perimeter quickness and ball rotation to get - and hit - open looks from outside the arc. Playing Dailey at the 3 exposes us to that middle strategy which a number of teams will actually have the personnel to exploit.
you're probably right about Dailey Jr. I'm projecting him as the 3 based on where I think he will be as a player 6 months from now. Mick doesn't like ED at the 3, and in his current form, ED is not most effective at the 3. But I can't reconcile Brown coming in and starting over ED at the 3. Brown will contribute and is a much better defender than he looks. My issue with projecting Dailey as a 4 would mean someone (Bilo/Booker/Dailey) has to come off the bench. It does give Mick some flexibility to tinker with lineups.
You're probably right about that, the starting part - very very likely to start the season. But what a luxury to be able to give those guys some rest and keep them fresh! In order for that to happen, Brown has to really prove out. Certainly. And of course our two centers as well, but that's our best chance lineup: the two centers at center with our two PFs at PF, Booker, G Williams and perhaps Freeny at Wing and all the guards at guard -- then, when we go small, Bilodeau and take the five, Dailey the four and if we need to go bigger, Booker at 5, Bilodeau at 4, Dailey at 3, Perry at 2 and Dent still at 1. (But so rarely do all things go as hoped and planned!)
I like Bilodeau as the sixth man, with Dailey at the four with either Brown, Perry, or Williams at the three. Dailey is a lot more efficient and physical. However, Bilodeau would be a good boost for the offense off the bench as he doesn't quite have the physicality to hang with the Julian Reese and Vladislav Goldin type players.
It’s tough to envision a world where Bilo comes off the bench after earning All Big Ten 3rd Team honors last season. While I agree with some of what you’re saying re his physicality, his metrics defensively were a lot better than I thought
ah, I have an actual disagreement!! :-) You may be correct because of Mick's loyalty but in terms of minutes played, I expect Brown to earn the majority of minutes at the 3 spot and Dailey to get many if not most of his minutes at the 4 spot. Your logic on Bilodeau taking 5 or 10 (if Jamerson doesn't prove out) at center makes sense. And no doubt Mick will play Eric at the 3 at times but he does so at the expense of his team's best defense.
He may well be willing to make that trade off but imo it's important - defense is the core of what he's built his career around. I get that he feels pressure to lean more on offense but to me that's a big tradeoff in this case because we've all seen Dailey struggles guarding opposing wings and Big Ten teams have now seen us for a full season and they will see a three step strategy to beat us: 1) try to overpower us in the paint; 2) kill us from the wing positions; 3) utilize their perimeter quickness and ball rotation to get - and hit - open looks from outside the arc. Playing Dailey at the 3 exposes us to that middle strategy which a number of teams will actually have the personnel to exploit.
Thoughts?
you're probably right about Dailey Jr. I'm projecting him as the 3 based on where I think he will be as a player 6 months from now. Mick doesn't like ED at the 3, and in his current form, ED is not most effective at the 3. But I can't reconcile Brown coming in and starting over ED at the 3. Brown will contribute and is a much better defender than he looks. My issue with projecting Dailey as a 4 would mean someone (Bilo/Booker/Dailey) has to come off the bench. It does give Mick some flexibility to tinker with lineups.
You're probably right about that, the starting part - very very likely to start the season. But what a luxury to be able to give those guys some rest and keep them fresh! In order for that to happen, Brown has to really prove out. Certainly. And of course our two centers as well, but that's our best chance lineup: the two centers at center with our two PFs at PF, Booker, G Williams and perhaps Freeny at Wing and all the guards at guard -- then, when we go small, Bilodeau and take the five, Dailey the four and if we need to go bigger, Booker at 5, Bilodeau at 4, Dailey at 3, Perry at 2 and Dent still at 1. (But so rarely do all things go as hoped and planned!)
true!!