In Reply to: Looking Ahead... posted by santabarbarabruin on January 07, 2026 at 09:32:09
I said this below, but I've been accused before of being in love with my own opinions, so ..... Booker is hitting 44% of his threes (albeit on limited attempts). While Skyy is gone, why not work to get Booker shots from three? If the opponent's big defends him out there, that pulls their (probably) best rebounder away from the basket. That is a huge rebounding win for us - Booker is a zero on the boards and if you pull their center 23 feet from the basket, that guy becomes a zero, too. Or, they leave Booker open for uncontested threes. He's converting those. They can someone other than their big on Booker, but Booker is listed at 6'11". If that guy is not 6'6" or taller, that's still pretty much an uncontested shot for X.
I'm not married to the idea. But, it's a thought. As Laurie Anderson once sang, for the time being, Let X = X. Let Booker be Booker. Until Skyy is back.