Anonymous
Years ago
Should the 6ers unleash Hodgson??
I was thinking to help fix the 36ers interior defense problems id like to see Hodgdon start and given 20+ mins as he is the guys with size who offers hustle and rim protection.
This would help the team and guys like DJ and Petrie alot imo on the defensive end of the floor.
Id like to see a starting line up with the twin towers
C Hodgson
PF Johnson
SF Creek
SG Ere
PG Randle
That line up has hustle on the inside and a shot blocker/changer (Hodgson) a scorer who can score inside and out and get in on the boards (DJ), an athletic player who plays hard and is a decent defender who should be given the oppositions best player to defend as his mission each week (Creek) and scoring guards who will put some points on the board at a decent clip (hopefully With Ebi), if we can get DJ, Ebi, Randle scoring 15-20 each at a decent clip, which i think is possible and the others chipping in and doing the other things well we should be tough to beat.
It means Walker and Gibson go to the bench,
Ebi had a better last game than Gibbo so reward him for that, have the 2 compete for 1 starting spot and minutes for the rest of the season, might light a fire under both of them, especially given both are free agents in the off season (i think), so hopefully gibbo would be more aggressive more often as he has to actually earn his minutes.
Creek and Walker are pretty similar so id have them split the minutes at sf and also compete for minutes and the starting job.
A PF/C rotation of DJ, Hodgson, Petrie, allows all of them to get plenty of time and a good variety of skill sets and i reckon we need Hodgson's hustle and defense especially against teams with good C's or who score alot in the paint off penetration, etc, as Hodgson is our main guy who changes guys shots when they drive against us, id like to see more of him, think of a bigger more athletic Paul Rees, just in there for hustle and defense, i reckon Hodgson can fill that role.
What do people think???