Potential Lineup for Next Season

[Adreid4]

I want to bring up a scenario here and get some opinions from some of you all out there. I was thinking the other day about our lineup for next year. Let's assume for this scenario we bring in Goff, Jurick, Guerrero for sure. With those three guys alone I was trying to envision how this lineup would shake up and it seems to me that there is definite potential for a pretty tall lineup to be thrown out there. The one I thought of is this:

PG: Guerrero / Blair
SG: Clark / Pledger
SF: Osby / Neal
PF: Fitzgerald / Goff
C: Jurick / Goff

How do you all think this would play out if it happened and what would you like to see happen assuming we bring those guys in?

 

[thebigabd]

I am about 90% certain Osby will not be a perimeter player for OU, which is what the SF position is.

Clark isnt a shooting guard either... the guy can barely dribble a basketball.

Clark will play the 3, Osby the 4, and Fitz the 5. Jurick and Goff will bring size off the bench.

 

[Adreid4]

I agree that Cam is a better option at the 3 then 2 but with the athleticism that Osby supposedly has and the perimeter shot, it might benefit us more to have him at the 3 so Fitz can play the 4 (I think he is a better fit there). This is all assuming that Jurick is a true center type player and can patrol the paint down low. Fitz has done great this year but just seems to me that he would excel more at the 4. I would love to see Pledger at the 2 but he seems to bring good energy off the bench and I think Cam will be much improved next year as he is already a great athlete.

 

[WTSooner]

I want to bring up a scenario here and get some opinions from some of you all out there. I was thinking the other day about our lineup for next year. Let's assume for this scenario we bring in Goff, Jurick, Guerrero for sure. With those three guys alone I was trying to envision how this lineup would shake up and it seems to me that there is definite potential for a pretty tall lineup to be thrown out there. The one I thought of is this:

PG: Guerrero / Blair
SG: Clark / Pledger
SF: Osby / Neal
PF: Fitzgerald / Goff
C: Jurick / Goff

How do you all think this would play out if it happened and what would you like to see happen assuming we bring those guys in?

That would be a terrible perimeter defending team.

A short pg.
A SF playing SG.
A PF playing SF.

I do agree that Fitz is best suited to guard PF's though. And obviously Jurick is a true center. Also not sure it'd be a very good shooting team. Jurick isn't going to offer much on O. Clark is limited outside of 18 feet. And I think you'll see plenty of rust on Osby, but I certainly don't want him getting the ball on the wing. He needs to play the 4, and he needs to get the ball in closer.

JMO.

 

[thebigabd]

I agree that Cam is a better option at the 3 then 2 but with the athleticism that Osby supposedly has and the perimeter shot, it might benefit us more to have him at the 3 so Fitz can play the 4 (I think he is a better fit there). This is all assuming that Jurick is a true center type player and can patrol the paint down low. Fitz has done great this year but just seems to me that he would excel more at the 4. I would love to see Pledger at the 2 but he seems to bring good energy off the bench and I think Cam will be much improved next year as he is already a great athlete.

I agree, and its tempting to assume all the best talent will be on the floor. But it doesnt mesh well with Clark at the 2 and Osby at the 3.

I mean, how many 6'8'' 230 pound perimeter/wing players exist in college basketball right now? I cant think of one.

Im guessing that Osby will be a versatile power forward, maybe like a poor mans Marcus Morris.

 

[NickZepp]

Looks like we will be real slow at the wings next year again.

 

[rickjames]

Quite honestly, call me crazy but if Goff and or Jurick can play better D then Fitz and rebound, which is something Fitz struggles with because he can't jump, then I'd start them. Fitz would be a good threat off the bench to score some quick points, a good sixth man. JMO

 

[NickZepp]

Fitz will start. It's just a question of him being a 4 or 5.

I honestly think we need to play Washington more. He's kinda short but he's a better fit at center than Fitz is.

 

[OUFANFOREVER1]

Poor mans Marcus Morris, please none of those players can hold a candle to Osby. Trust me I know the kid personally and can definitely play the three. He is probably the fastest player on the team besides for newell who is a 5'11 point guard. You just wait and see. Dont doubt this kid off what he did at MSU. sometimes people strive in different situations and i think OU is the perfect for him. You guys need to stop being so negative on this thread and support these kids they are going to only get better.

 

[CokeSooner]

I have a hard time seeing that any of Pledger, Clark, or Fitz won't start.

So...
PG Blair
SG Pledger
SF Clark
PF Osby?
C Fitz

Even though Fitz isn't a true center, it seems Osby is the popular option to start alongside him in the front court, and Osby seems to be a 3/4 hybrid from what I've heard on this board (I've never seen him play).

I know people aren't high on our players, but even on a losing team its hard to displace returning starters with freshman in the preseason, unless that freshman is a top 30 kind of player.

 

[trueou]

That would be a terrible perimeter defending team.

A short pg.
A SF playing SG.
A PF playing SF.

I do agree that Fitz is best suited to guard PF's though. And obviously Jurick is a true center. Also not sure it'd be a very good shooting team. Jurick isn't going to offer much on O. Clark is limited outside of 18 feet. And I think you'll see plenty of rust on Osby, but I certainly don't want him getting the ball on the wing. He needs to play the 4, and he needs to get the ball in closer.

JMO.

Cam is 23 of 63 from the 3 pt line with a 36.5% success rate. The highest of all starters.

 

[Krugerfan52]

I have a hard time seeing that any of Pledger, Clark, or Fitz won't start.

So...
PG Blair
SG Pledger
SF Clark
PF Osby?
C Fitz

Even though Fitz isn't a true center, it seems Osby is the popular option to start alongside him in the front court, and Osby seems to be a 3/4 hybrid from what I've heard on this board (I've never seen him play).

I know people aren't high on our players, but even on a losing team its hard to displace returning starters with freshman in the preseason, unless that freshman is a top 30 kind of player.

this. obviously

Year after year people think these random recruits are going to just come in and start over guys that have been in the program for years. It just about never happens. People thought Kyle Cannon was going to start over Taylor Griffin, Ray Willis over Cade Davis, and that one guy that constantly claimed that Orlando Allen would take Ryan Wrights place. Now people are already penciling in Jurrick and Guerrero over guys like Pledger and Fitz. Dumb.

 

[Speedy17]

We are a long way from getting Guerrero and Jurick. Goff is averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds in the Kansas State League in Juco and Osby averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds at MSU.

There is no magic bullet.

 

[Adreid4]

I would normally agree with you that it's a bit too much to name recruits starters on here but we don't have a center on this team. If Capella brings in a decent center I think he would love to move Fitz to the 4. As far as the point guard position I think we all have seen the struggles there so I think more than anything it's wishful thinking that we might have a better option there...

 

[WTSooner]

Cam is 23 of 63 from the 3 pt line with a 36.5% success rate. The highest of all starters.

Thank you for proving my point.

Since 1993, there has only been ONE season where OU didn't have a player on the team that shot better from three then Cam has this year. In other words, over the last 18 years, 17 of those years OU had a better three point shooter than anybody on this year's team.

And everybody wants to fix the post. LOL. This team is getting terrible guard play, no matter how many ppg they are averaging.

 

[Dem Coltz]

Thank you for proving my point.

Since 1993, there has only been ONE season where OU didn't have a player on the team that shot better from three then Cam has this year. In other words, over the last 18 years, 17 of those years OU had a better three point shooter than anybody on this year's team.

And everybody wants to fix the post. LOL. This team is getting terrible guard play, no matter how many ppg they are averaging.

In our defense we want to fix everything. We just want the thing most broke fixed first.

 

[BoulderSooner]

I am about 90% certain Osby will not be a perimeter player for OU, which is what the SF position is.

Clark isnt a shooting guard either... the guy can barely dribble a basketball.

Clark will play the 3, Osby the 4, and Fitz the 5. Jurick and Goff will bring size off the bench.

i am 100% sure you are wrong about Osby he will play a ton at the Wing for OU next year ... he handles well enough to play the 2 .. he will be our best player and one of the best in the Big 12

 

[campbest]

Starting the season off it will be Blair, Pledger, Clark, Osby and Fitz.

As the season progresses it may change, but Capel isn't going to sit Pledger/Fitz at the beginning...new guys have to earn their minutes.

 

[NickZepp]

i am 100% sure you are wrong about Osby he will play a ton at the Wing for OU next year ... he handles well enough to play the 2 .. he will be our best player and one of the best in the Big 12

If he was so good he could play the 2, 3, or 4 why did he not play at all at a mid level SEC school? The hype about this guy is that he's a superstar.

 

[DenverSooner]

Heck if the guy can play the 2 (which he can't), then OU is set. Osby, Cam, Fitz and Goff/Jurrick all start. Pledger comes off the bench for 10+. Blair will be better and OU might land Guerrero. I am starting to think final four.

Osby is not a sg!