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When JT comes back, who moves back to the bench?
« on: January 02, 2026, 11:03:59 PM »

Offline radiohead

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Will it be Walsh or PP? I?m thinking Q-JT-JB-Walsh-DW. Then have 2 explosive scorers in PP and Simons off the bench. I?d really want to see Walsh get his game back. Keeping him with the starters might be a good idea?

The bench mob would be PP-Simons-Hugo-Hauser-Garza. I wouldn?t mind keeping Simons (i?m becoming a fan actually) if we could flip Baylor/Boucher/Minott for a decent big with upside  who could blossom with us like Q has.

At this point i would love to know what?s on Brad?s mind. Exciting times ahead.


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Will it be Walsh or PP? I?m thinking Q-JT-JB-Walsh-DW. Then have 2 explosive scorers in PP and Simons off the bench. I?d really want to see Walsh get his game back. Keeping him with the starters might be a good idea?

The bench mob would be PP-Simons-Hugo-Hauser-Garza. I wouldn?t mind keeping Simons (i?m becoming a fan actually) if we could flip Baylor/Boucher/Minott for a decent big with upside  who could blossom with us like Q has.

At this point i would love to know what?s on Brad?s mind. Exciting times ahead.

Totally agree that we have an exciting month ahead (the deadline end of January, right?).  I like the idea of Walsh staying in the starting lineup. Love that bench.  I?d also like to see Garza v some better competition.  Want to know if what we?ve seen in the last few games is for real. He?s been relentless on the offensive boards, he?s hitting threes and he?s bring great positive energy.  Unfortunately I think we still need a center upgrade and that probably costs us Simons.

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If I was to guess, I would say it will depend on the matchup.

When versing a team with smaller guards, I think Prichard will start. But against a team like Oklahoma, Walsh will slot in, as Prichard seems to struggle against length.
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Walsh.  I was worried about the bench with the loss of PP but Simons has been great off the bench.

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I don't really like playing the "when Tatum comes back" hypothetical games, it feels a little presumptive, with a chance to cause a jinx.  But what I will say is that when Walsh started to play more with the starters, I was worried that having both Walsh and Queta on the floor would not be enough offense.  For a while, Walsh was hitting everything in sight so he was proving me wrong in a big way. 

Then he had his illness and missed some games and has hardly played since.  So to me, it depends on which version of Walsh it is.  If he can be that 3&D guy, I want him in the line up.  I always prefer tall ball to small ball.  But if he is not that guy, then he shouldn't start.   I don't see this as being about Tatum.  I actually prefer Pritchard off the bench, in any case.

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Definitely Walsh.  He has not cracked 20 minutes once during this road trip, and more than 15 only once.