07-20-2026, 05:13 AM
(07-19-2026, 10:40 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Pretty much everyone we've brought in can floor the ball and is above average at shooting 3's. We've been so used to certain positions doing only certain things, that I'm not sure we yet understand what this could look like.
I hadn't seen that post from 98, but a bunch of interchangability makes sense in the 2-4 spots (or what we typically call the 2-4 spots). Mvossman makes a valid point about defense. If everyone is kind of similar in being moderately good multi-tool offensive players, then the ability to defend probably dictates who does what.
I went through this thought exercise earlier, but from a different perspective - if Risacher is at the 2, what has to be true about the rest of the line up?
Your 3/4/5 possibilities could be:
Flagg/PJ/Lively
Flagg/PJ/Rez
Flagg/PJ/Aldama
Flagg/Aldama/Lively
Flagg/Aldama/Rez
Flagg/Rezz/Lively
Naji/Flagg/Aldama
Naji/Flagg/Lively
Naji/Flagg/Rez
Naji/Aldama/Lively
Naji/Aldama/Rez
Tarik/Flagg/Lively
Tarik/Flagg/Rez
Tarik/Flagg/Aldama
Tarik/Aldama/Lively
Tarik/Aldama/Rez
There are of course more. I’m assuming Gaff and Klay are gone. Naji and PJ could also be gone. And who knows how much burn someone like Tarik gets (I hope a lot). Some of these aren’t likely while some are highly unlikely.-
Looking through these possible combinations, the ones I wouldn’t want to see Risacher at the 2 are ones that lack shooting/creation elsewhere and put too much burden on him to spaced/create, so anything with PJ/Lively sharing the floor for example. I’d actually love to see Risacher at the 2 in a Flagg/Aldama/Rez lineup. And if Tarek can show he deserves some minutes he adds more possibilities.
In the end, I think Risacher’s minutes at the 2 depend more on who else is on the court rather than how he compares to Christie. And that probably brings us back to the idea that 2/3/4 may be highly interchangeable this year with it being more of a:
Ball Handler
3 Wing
Center
Line up decision