Pre-season #5 Iowa State Cyclones
PG Monte Morris
F Jameel McKay
F Cheick Diallo
F Georges Niang
G Naz Long
Now - someone else put our bench together... This team is going to look incredible!
The problem (a great one to have as I see it) if Diallo commits to the good guys is in regards to shooting and spacing the floor. Can Diallo shoot? I've seen videos and I doubt it. Hoiberg has shown he prefers offenses with 4 shooters on the floor and at least a "stretch 4". McKay basically sets picks at the top of the key and rolls to the bucket, posts up or gets his points off hustle rebounds. I think our offense could suffer if McKay and Diallo play at the same time and neither can shoot. Their players would sag off them and help.
It'll be an interesting conundrum if we indeed land Diallo. That's why, in my opinion, we might not actually see better results with Diallo than without. Only 5 guys can play on the floor at once.
I have faith in Hoiberg, and he has shown an ability to tailor his system to his players. However, everything has been predicated on spacing so far and all of Hoiberg's teams have been filled with good shooters. It would be intriguing to see how he changes his system to accommodate playing Diallo and McKay at the same time. They are seem to be very similar players.