There’s a good chance Hickman competes for point guard minutes with Smith, who told The Spokesman-Review this summer he projects as a point guard at the next level and would ideally play the position in Spokane. Try to set them up to get buckets, whatever it is to be successful.” “Just try to set my team up, the best way to win. “I’m pretty much the point guard,” Hickman said. He was Andrew Nembhard’s understudy as a freshman, averaging 17.2 minutes off the bench while scoring 5.1 points and dishing out 1.7 assists. Whether it’s as a starter or primary backup, Hickman, a longtime point guard, doesn’t expect his role to change much. How many guards will Gonzaga use in the starting unit? Who’s the first option off the Bulldogs’ bench? Will someone have to sacrifice their natural position so Few can put his best players on the court?
Many fans and analysts have already tried their hand at fitting the puzzle pieces together, but that exercise comes with a few looming questions. “He’s just trying to work his way back into practice and getting his foot back in order. “He’s doing fine, he’s doing good,” Hickman said of Harris. 26 and the public’s first viewing opportunity will come this Saturday at Kraziness at the Kennel. The Zags held their first official practice on Sept.
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Hickman also provided an update on Harris, who seemed to be nearing a return to the court last March, but wasn’t cleared in time for the postseason. He’s going to be a great addition to the team.” “He does have great leadership and vocal point about him. “Malachi, he is very unique,” Hickman said. It’s a unique luxury that could turn into head-scratching dilemma for Few’s staff, which generally uses a seven- or eight-man rotation. In addition to the four returners, Mark Few has two more backcourt options at his disposal this year, with Chattanooga transfer Malachi Smith, the reigning Lou Henson Award winner, and former four-star recruit Dominick Harris, who’s fully recovered from a foot injury that kept him away from the court in 2021-22. Hickman and Hunter Sallis, a fellow sophomore and former five-star recruit, are expected to take on expanded roles in a backcourt that also returns veteran Rasir Bolton, a WCC Honorable Mention choice in 2021-22 who started in all 32 games, and junior wing Julian Strawther, an 11.8 point-per-game scorer who could play at the “3” or potentially as a “4” in smaller, guard-oriented lineups. We’ve got a good little mixture of vets and new guys.
“I don’t want to say we’re as equal as the last team, but it’s not far off. We’ve got weapons,” Hickman said on Sunday after putting a group of young hoopers through ball-handling drills at the Shoot 360 facility owned by former Gonzaga guard Dan Dickau. Nolan Hickman knows it’s too early to rush to conclusions, but the sophomore guard has also seen enough to know the hype and excitement surrounding Gonzaga’s backcourt in 2022-23 isn’t misplaced.
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