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Can Nunge be a better Kriener?

I don't want to (or know how) to check CMs defense against each and every forward (of any kind) he guarded. As others have stated and I agree, he is a great floor leader and passer. However, as to assists, he averaged 4. Several others on the team were a little over/under 2 per game. So that is 4-5 points a game he could sort of claim. However it is probable we would have scored at least 1 or 2 baskets anyway. So that means he can claim maybe 2-3 points from assists. So his scoring is 8-9 then. Not really a great number IMO.
I would like Nunge to score 10-12 pts and get 6-8 rebounds a game. I think that is perhaps possible, if he started and played 25 minutes. (Optimistic, I know) I would take that over Connor's numbers.
I just want a PF that can do that. If Garza can do double that, as last year, there is no reason we can't find a PF that goes 10 pts and 7 rb.
And Kenyon M scored 9.9 and had 4.6 RB and he was a guard. So it IS possible.

PF doesn't mean much in today's game. With Garza being the most accomplished Big man inside the paint in college B-ball, there really isn't room for another guy to post up.

The Iowa PF needs to complement garza. Connor at PF in the lineup is 4 guys out, garza in the post. Connor excels at feeding the post from outside and adds a 2nd guy besides Bohannon that can feed Garza in post and not turn it over. I'd much rather have an undersized Connor feeding the post than say someone like Pemsl last year, who better fit your definition of PF. Pemsl was unselfish and willing passer, but lacked the passing skills or the 3pt shooting threat to be able to draw his defender from a Garza double team.

If the opposition has a couple bigs that are able to abuse Connor defensively/rebounding, then Fran just switches from small ball to bigger ball with either Nunge or Keegan taking Connors role. It looks like Patrick is backing up JoeW, so that is another lever for Fran to pull to get bigger for rebounding/defense.
 
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