Thoughts on group that'll play small the most for BB

[Purple2DBone]

From what I watched the other day, I just don't see Brian Patrick being someone in the main mix when we "go small." He just doesn't ever come off as being able to fit with the rest, to play decent team defense in that way, even covering a big, where he would get exposed in pick-n-roll responsibilities, which is a huge part of what guarding a big is these days. I think the main group of four who would play small is--Stokes, Brown, Diarra and Sneed, with X guarding the big in that scenario, like he did almost all of last year. I actually think Wainwright would be next in that mix, before Patrick, because even though he's shorter, he's so well put-together, I think he could give a big troubles by just out-working one to his spots. Out-working someone on the defensive end doesn't look to be something Patrick's interested in, yet. I think Patrick just comes in occasionally with the 2-bigs line-up as someone to fire it up when we're stagnant (like Colorado St. last year), and as a zone buster vs. teams like Baylor.