We are definitely missing a scoring piece here. Burke and Stauskus were remarkable scorers. Burke was the better overall player, but it is harder to see how he fits with Wolf handling the ball at the top of the key. Might Stauskus raise the ceiling higher?
Neither. Burke is playing in China and Stauskas is retired.
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so you’re saying definitely Burke then
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to be honest, if playing age Burke or Stauskas is on the team, we aren’t running offense through Wolf nearly as much. I think these efforts to ask which pro fits best on a college roster misses that the pro is waaaayyyy better than the other guys so “fit” doesn’t matter
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All fair points. Let me rephrase the question. What does this team need more, a dawg point guard who can control the game or a lights out 3 point shooting wing?
Honestly, if I wanted to put one past 15 years Michigan player on this roster to improve it, I would choose neither of those guys. I would choose Franz Wagner, and that’s not because of how well he has played in the pros, it’s only considering how he played while at Michigan. Franz was a monster defender who would have been perfect for what we do, he could create off the dribble for himself and others, he was a good enough perimeter shooter to keep opponents honest, he could play multiple positions on the floor, and he could fit into whatever the strengths were of others on the roster. Easy call for me.
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This is sort of my point…Sophomore year Stauskas was very much on ball, our “point guard” was mostly spotting up as Nik and Caris cooked.
I guess I’m going to say Stauskas as he provides another ball-handler and top tier shooting, notably self created shooting
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Clearly Franz is the best pro. No doubt. But this team just needs a guy who gets buckets on his own and can shoot the lights out.
i’m going chris webber. three-big offense
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Cheddar at the 3 was supposed to fix that. More spacing and less turnovers than Gayle or something.
As I said, my opinion has nothing to do with his pro performance and everything to do with what he was at Michigan. I stated what I thought made him the best fit. You have created a premise as to what this team needs most, which I respectfully reject. To me, what it needs most is an overall player with the skill set Franz provided while at Michigan.
Look. Nobody is going to be unhappy about adding Franz Wagner to this team. But what I see is Danny Wolf having no one to throw the ball on the wing that can shoot threes. I also never really saw Wagner as an alpha dog who could get his own shot. He would shrink in some big moments. But, yeah, fair point. He’s D was crazy disruptive and rebounding was insane.
Franz couldn’t get his own shot is quite the take. Day drinking is always fun.
looks like we’ve reached a consensus!
(the poll mechanism here is genuinely unintuitive, i do not blame you)
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Who would you most trust to get a bucket when your offense is struggling?
- Franz Wagner
- Trey Burke
- Nik Stauskus
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To nitpick, it’s Stauskas, with an “a.”
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Stauskas was good. Trey was just better on both ends even if he was less valuable off ball. Even with bad shooting, Trey would still be able to create more offense than we do now.
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i also think this question is different than the initial question - i don’t think anyone’s argument for franz is “he creates more offense.” it’s just “we would allow three, maybe four points per game”