Steve Taylor needs to play more

[MUMac]

Taylor is much more accomplished offensively than I thought he would be. He is a long and imposing player. I think he continues to earn more and more minutes - especially as Jamil and Juan struggle and experience foul trouble, from time to time. The winter break, with the amount of time the coaches can give to players, will be huge in his development and playing time.

[TheSultan]

Taylor is much more accomplished offensively than I thought he would be. He is a long and imposing player. I think he continues to earn more and more minutes - especially as Jamil and Juan struggle and experience foul trouble, from time to time. The winter break, with the amount of time the coaches can give to players, will be huge in his development and playing time.

How much extra time is allowed during the winter break?

[DCwarrior]

Neither is Jamil's, quite frankly. Some boneheaded fouls on both sides of the ball for him.

Like I said, I like Jamil. I also like Juan. Both have weaknesses and the poster whom I responded to denigrated Juan without Jamil. Both have been inconsistent at best. Jamil is a better offensive player - sometimes.

A fair point. Jamil hasn't played well of late as has been terribly inconsistent all year, but he has also had some very good games (especially in Maui) and is a much bigger threat to score than Juan. Juan hasn't shown us much offensively all year aside from a knack for getting rebounds. In a nutshell, Jamil has more potential to score, is bigger than Juan and is at least equal defensively.

[bleedbluegold03]

I think most would admit that if you took away names and looked strictly at production for the minutes they play, we'd see an inverse depth chart then what we've seen to date:

1. S. Taylor
2. J. Anderson
3. J. Wilson

now no one knows what Taylor would do with more minutes...until he's given them

[MUMac]

How much extra time is allowed during the winter break?

I do not believe they have time limitations for time with the players as they do during the school year. More so with the individual instruction and the overall contact.

[TheSultan]

I think most would admit that if you took away names and looked strictly at production for the minutes they play, we'd see an inverse depth chart then what we've seen to date:

1. S. Taylor
2. J. Anderson
3. J. Wilson

now no one knows what Taylor would do with more minutes...until he's given them

Just an FYI...on last night's game.

+/-

Jamil, +6
Taylor, +4
Juan, -6

And Roland Rating...

Jamil, +6
Taylor, +2
Juan, -18

And Trent was better than all three of them.

I know that this isn't the best way to judge individual players, but I do think it gives you some indication of why certain players are used and what they may bring to the court.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

It will be interesting to see how these minutes play out going forward. Unfortunately I thought Wilson had this spot locked up, however it appears we have a bit of a log jam here with no great option at the moment. They all seem to have deficiencies in their games at the present time, I think JW has the highest short term upside if he can get it together, but I think long term ST could end up being the guy there. I'm not really sure where JA fits in because he has really come a long way since last year, but still seems to foul a bunch and lack the scoring punch, I think long term he will be a solid back up to ST.

[Mucrisco]

I do not believe they have time limitations for time with the players as they do during the school year. More so with the individual instruction and the overall contact.

Correct. There is no time constraint. When I was with them, the women went two a days, and so did Coach Crean's teams.