The last two games were test against Danmark and Latvija.
vs. Danmark:
We played without our two inside pillars Birgersson and Tjädermo. And I switched the PG and SF spot again.
For our inside game, Danielsson and Westerlund were the choosen players. They are quite far in their development and can already play as starters. Unfortunately there is still a gap two our main guys. Nonetheless Danielsson and Westerlund played well. The problem was more on the defense end, but they are young and still training.
Fredriksson show some interessting aspects as a SF. But the positive aspects bring some negative points with it: the PG position is weakend. In the end we lost in a tight game with 92:98 but it was an important test for the current status.
vs. Latvija:
Learning from the errors from last week, Fredriksson was back as PG and Sunesson started as SF. On the SF side it was very successful. Sunesson finished as the topscorer of the game and had a nice FG%. For Fredriksson it was more or less a hard game and his back up Smol had to finish the game and left a strong impression.
Westerlund took a step back and Tjädermo came back as the PF. He and Danielsson finished both with a 17/11 stat line and were supported by two unleashed bigs (Birgersson and Westerlund) from the bench. These four had less problems against the high paid bigs from Latvija than expected.
For the next weeks I plan to keep this tests going. With all the new players and the weekly changing skills (thank you guys for all the ups
) it's still somehow a gamble with our team. They have strong runs but also break down for several minutes.
I would ask you a favour: please train 1 or 2 weeks stamina or free throw in the offseason. Stamina 6 and Free throw 8 would be a nice foundation for the NT. Just as a guide line for the next seasons. Some players are already beyond this and I take it gladly