He's young but he seems to do and be the things that are key in tough games--fine hands, establishes well and eats up a lot of space inside, using that space effectively to score and 'bound.

So, I'd like to see him start to get more minutes now.  Because, functionally, it is tourney time as we fight for byes and because I think he can give us 8-11 key minutes per game in Cleveland.
 

let's up we continue to play for 40 mins!

 

During the OOC portion of our schedule, I wish we could have played Campbell more. I still wish we could have. We had some wins that were not that close. Instead of running Ndour and Smith up 20+, why not let Wadly and Campbell get some time? Early on, it was clear that Campbell was not in great playing shape and didn't understand his defensive assignments completely. That limited how much we could use him in the crunch... But again, in games that aren't close, that is the best time to fix those things IMO.
I don't want to come across as complaining too much... I think the coaching staff probably does have a very deliberate plan and I like how it is working so far. He is starting to give us key minutes right in the stretch run. That is huge.

Tony's alertness (with tip ins and awesome outlet passing) has impressed me along with his offensive skillset. 



 

JFS, I agree with you that more playing time might have been helpful now but I think it is a matter of what we as fans don't see that may have been the difference in JC giving playing time.

I think the plan was very deliberate and was working just fine until Ricardo went down.  In several of the OOC games JC talked after the game about the "freshman" factor and and the "transfer" factor and needing to get those guys playing positive minutes in MAC-level basketball.  I remember him commenting that some game situations are not where you want a freshman who is not game ready to get exposed and beat down.  

The point being that JC thought it was more valuable to get Ndour more minutes at that level because he was more ready than it was to put Campbell in situations where he was ready.  I understand that it might not be the plan we would all adopt but i do think it was a a season long plan that got waylaid due to a change in circumstances.  My take on it is that Campbell's positive minutes now are because of how he was brought along.  It is easier to reinforce good things than it is to help a young player forget being made to look foolish.  A lot of bad habits are created out out bad game moments that never leave a kid's head.  

As always, this is just the opinion of someone that loves basketball in general and can't hardly stand the days between Bobcat basketball.