Early in the season tho, they still have time to mess with the starting 5.
Always good to lose nothing when you make that sub!

Schens aint a strater, i prefer holmes easily.

5 Ballinger
4 Holmes
3 Tyndale
2 Maher
1 Bruce

Hopefully stays that way

Schenscher is not a good defender??? What the hell!?! Lets see you try scoring over him! When he was on, Ellis struggled to get effective shots off, as did anyone driving the lanes.

Holmes played probably more then anyone in that first half and didn't do much I thought.

Holmes was huge on boards and played excellent D. other then brett our bets player in first half IMO.

I'd start Schenscher. (Ballinger, Maher, Bruce, Tyndale).. based on what I saw, last nite.

holmes is one of the better defenders in the league and is a ball magnet when it comes to rebounds.And so is our new import he was everywhere last night. ninnis has got some tough decisions to make about starters.Holmes offence is sometimes suspect, but so is the big fellas as well.I liked our starting 5 last night, and will be interesting when davison gets back to full health as well.

there is no tough decision. holmes needs to go to the pine.

"Schenscher and Ballinger are not good defenders" lol u idiot!
Schensch would've had 4 blocks last night if it wasn't for captain baldy (had 2 anyway). Ellis did not want to put a shot up in the post against him.

I'll put this here, as there's been some mentions about Brett Maher retiring and starting etc. He was just on radio, talking to Phil, and said he won't make any decision until the end of this season, to see how is legs are. Pulled up good, 25mins is about right, for MOST games, he said.

And, he said Schensch got man handled a lot, hopes they don't let that go in too many more games.

Holmes wasnt our best ANYTHING in the first half! Was very quiet by even his standards. Clearly in games against the Tigers etc, you couldnt possibly NOT start Luke. Thing is, as good a start as we had, what impact did Jacob have on it, that Luke couldnt have? Id like to have seen more of Maher and Schensch on the floor togther, as ive always liked how Maher utilises big men. But when you win by 27, cant go asking for everything in just the first game of the season.

Camel Luke did get man-handled but I thought they officiated that well. Egan was getting frustrated for a bit.

so luke matches up on Anesty well? tigers would be an outside oriented team IMO schensh starts anesty drags him away from the bucket, and opens the key? or drives past him? or beats him on a fancy move that leaves big luke flailing. Start Holmes... gives us run, and we don't lose anything on boards

I like what we had last night.

I like Holmes as a starter. Remember he's not there for his offensive ability - and thank god for that! As such, he shouldn't be taking more than 7 or 8 shots a game, unless he's actually on a real tear (which is unlikely to ever happen.) But he's one of our best defenders, arguably the best rebounder pound-for-pound in the league, and a very underrated passer. Plus he has the versatility to guard anything from the 3-5 positions.

When ur starting Ballinger, who will obviously average around 20 ppg, and Brett, Bruce & Tinny, who should all average around 15-20 ppg each as well, there is absolutely no need for the 5th starter to be a regular scorer.

Plus that way Big Luke can be a scoring punch off the bench, cos the rest of the bench (Davo, Wini, Hill, Coops) although they all play their roles, aren't huge scoring threats.