Caris LeVert Returning Comment Count

Brian

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[Bryan Fuller]

High five. Let the playing time knife fight begin.

LeVert will obviously be largely exempt from it, as he's a lock to get 30 minutes. Normally you'd say he's a lock to get 35-38, but with the depth on this roster they can keep their main guys fresher until true crunch time.

With LeVert in tow Michigan looks set to be a serious contender in the Big Ten once again.

Comments

Mr. Yost

April 21st, 2015 at 7:39 PM ^

They both were playing like 30mpg THIS past year and Walton was playing the 2 more than the point.

In actuality it was just whoever was closer to the inbounder or whoever got the outlet pass, but it was clear more times than Spike was the PG when they both played than Walton. Unless it was late in a half, then they put Walton at the point and stuck Albrecht in the corner.

Mr. Yost

April 21st, 2015 at 7:42 PM ^

Conditioning will be a factor. And foul trouble.

McGary didn't play that, Morgan didn't play that...

Morgan only averaged 20 minutes a game in his SENIOR season. That was without McGary. 

So there isn't a shot in hell Doyle plays that many minutes.

Mr. Basketball13

April 21st, 2015 at 9:22 PM ^

PG: Walton 20/ Spike 20

SG: Levert 30/ Walton 10

SF: Dawkins 20/ Robinson 10/ Irvin 7/ Levert 3

PF: Irvin 20/ Chatman 10/ Wagner 10

C: Doyle 23/ Wilson 10/ Donnal 7

 

I Think this looks like a solid rotation. It was brought up that their is not point in having depth and still playing your starters 35 minutes. MAAR showed some great flashes and may not redshirt but their is not enough ball to go around. PF it will be interesting to see what Wagner can do and how much Chatman develops. I think PF is a wild card position and it could really supprise us next year. This has us going 11 deep opposed to a typical JB 8-9 man rotation.

Levert should be at the 2 due to his ball handeling opposed to Dawkins.

StephenRKass

April 21st, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^

LeVert back is great news. Obviously his leadership, understanding of the what is expected and what we're doing, and personal skill set, are awesome.

The observation I'm excited about is the depth. To be able to limit minutes and have solid contributions from that many guys is incredible. Looking at the roster, I see 9 - 11 guys who could be solid contributors. (I don't really know what Wilson and Wagner will bring.) As a Chicago Bulls fan, who sometimes chafed at minutes limits on starters, I see how important depth is. The combination of depth, experience, skill, and balance across 5 positions is huge. If we stay healthy, we have 3 - 4 guys who are 6'9", and versatility across the roster. LeVert brings it all together.

Final Four, here we come!

Everyone Murders

April 21st, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^

Nobody had to lick his car door handle to get this result!

This is great news for Caris (it does seem like the right decision for him), for Michigan (duh), and for the fans (double duh).  Glad to see him back!

Bodogblog

April 21st, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^

OK, I know I'm obsessing over this a little bit now... but the car licking.  We should have several overweight males take pictures and be seen amongst the twitterverse licking the handle on LeVert's ride.  That would be a nice mock of KY fans while simultaneously highlighting our joy at his return. 

kehnonymous

April 21st, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^

While this is obviously awesome awesome awesome news, I can't help but notice that - if you discount two "Harbaugh to Michigan posts" at the end of December - this is the first use of the "100% colombian awesome" tag since... last February when we skunked Sparty at Crisler.  Oof.

Now, making the elite 8 and winning the conference were arguably deserving of "100% colombian awesome" but both of those were still last March so still.... oof.

SysMark

April 21st, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^

This should be the most exciting football/basketball combination year in a long time.  There have been better teams in either sport but not this kind of overall optimism.

IMHO of course

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champswest

April 21st, 2015 at 6:14 PM ^

play it? I see predictions of starters playing 30-35 minutes. Why? If we have 12 guys that are capable of playing starter minutes (and I think only Wagner, Robinson and Wilson haven't yet), then why wouldn't you try to use that to your advantage? That will be Belein's challenge next year. One that I am sure that he is looking forward to.

CoachBP6

April 22nd, 2015 at 5:21 AM ^

I am stoked about the roster depth for next season but I wouldn't be surprised if there were a transfer. I can't see MAAR being cool with a redshirt after developing nicely through this past season. Idk what will happen, sometimes a ton of depth is a bad thing that can throw off chemistry. Obviously I hope and believ everything will turn out well, but I am slightly concerned about how the minutes will be managed.

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