OO and Lofton have a special connection. They seem to always know where the other is on the court/is going to be. Seeing OO find Lofton on backdoors adds a fun wrinkle to the offense. One the other hand Akron had no one relatively capable of guarding OO so he had space to operate and time to survey the floor. I hope he can continue being a distributor, a passing big creates easy baskets for all his teammates, ie Grant Golden.
I was really surprised that Winston got the first chance at being OO's backup. I have always thought of him as an oversized 3 rather than a small 5. I wonder if the staff continues using him at the 5 against bigger teams or if it was only a thing because Akron was so small.
Shot selection for Winston and Vasquez is a problem. Vasquez every once in a while forgets he has teammates and goes 1 on 5, I think that will get better with experience. Winston loves the deep 3 and his range is really the college line at best. I think both of these guys will make a jump during this season once they settle into their roles.
I had read how big Shaw was but reading something and seeing it on the floor are two entirely different things. I think he will struggle against teams that predominantly run a ball screen offense since our typical man scheme is for the big to push the guard away from the screen and that takes really quick feet. However against the likes of SLU with Bell and French, Dayton with Jordy, UMass with Mitchell, and Duq with Hughes, Shaw will be called upon and looks like he can contribute.
As far as Welch shooting off the dribble vs catch and shoot. Last year he made 72 threes, 62 were assisted. So depending on how many of those assisted 3s were catch, pump, side dribble, shoot, I'd say he does ok in catch and shoot situations. What I cant tell you is how many of those opportunities he had or his shooting % on purely catch and shoot. I dont see him as a guy that is going to dribble into a pick and roll and pull up to shoot which is how Bonnies teams of the past have generated off the dribble 3s.