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Back up point guard alternatives

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This is the problem that goes with the weird crap Lemanis pulls.
Sobey is not even a good point guard at NBL level.

That Lemasis has signed him to that role (and apparently on ludicrous coin) is bad news for Brisbane.
If Lemanis wants to try and transform Sobey into a PG for Brisbane, then that's up to him, and we'll enjoy whupping on his arse.

That he apparently thinks this makes Sobey an acceptable backup PG for the Boomers, is simply deranged.
I get that in the scheme of things, this is a very minor role, but allowing Lemanis to hand out Boomers Singlets like loolipops, as rewards for his favoured NBL players, has got to stop.

When it comes to Tokyo, obviously we hope Exum will be there, and I imagine WMW will at least be in the squad.

As for the NBL B-Boomers, I'd be looking at Naar and Norton. For consideration for this team as Backup, I would at least have had Martin at the camp.

Majority of countries would prefer shooting over Gliddon than Goulding.

At the start of the last game, I didn't realise that Mills was being rested. I thought Lemanis was going with Mills off the bench. Mills has been strong coming off the bench throughout his career, and it might help balance our rotations a bit more:
- better stagger rotations of the point guard position, which might make it easier to push Sobey completely out of the rotation
- provide more firepower off the bench, which has struggled so far

Mills would still play major minutes, of course.

In this scenario, as for the starting 2-man, Goulding might be the first option. Otherwise, and this will be unpopular, I would not be opposed to Gliddon starting there. Goulding might get exposed against the more dangerous opposition shooting guards, whereas Gliddon's D is superior.

Regardless of the starting lineup, I hope we go with Delly, Mills, and Ingles running the offense throughout the game. Sobey is not even considered a good choice at PG at NBL level.

Gen 1
96 Simmons and 95 Exum (others 94 naar)

Gen 2
98 Mcdowell-white and 00 Stone (others 98 Glover, 99 mudronja, 98 short)

Gen 3
02 Wigness and 02 Giddey (others 02 Armstrong, 02 Bayles, 03 Daniels)

Sobey just dribbles the ball to much, and his passing is great. Very hard to turn into a point guard at his age.

Definitely not Cadee. Would be eaten alive at this level.

Sobey got picked for a reason - we don't have a ton of depth at the position right now.

We haven't seen enough of McDowell-White yet but picking up an exhibit-10, he would figure to be good enough to be considered. Otherwise I don't have many names for you.

But with Patty able to slide to the 1 when Delly is off, it's not a big issue. We also have some exceptional playmakers like Bogut and Ingles in non-guard roles that can help alleviate some of the traditional-PG requirements.

I think it's more about lineups. When you have Patty or Sobey at the 1 in particular, we need an Ingles or Bogut on the court to be initiating the majority of the offense. If Sobey doesn't have full PG responsibilities in that way, he has more room to get the ball on the move and attack the rim, which is a skill-set we do need on this team with a lack of slashers.

And as for 2020 - we'll have Simmons (hopefully Exum too). So that resolves the PG issues entirely.