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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 5118106, member: 837"] I get where 11 would be less than ideal but I think my greater concern really is who the 11 are. Not trying to throw shade at anyone because an offseason can drastically change a player's outlook. We've seen it plenty. Highly regarded guys like Waiters and Fab, who had brutal freshman campaigns, and came back as studs as sophomores. Rakeem Christmas and Lazarus Sims were largely disappointing for three years and then were brilliant as seniors. Other guys without that pedigree have done similar things -- Copeland couldn't get on the floor as a frosh and had a nice soph season; Elijah Hughes was solid in his first year in Orange after doing relatively little at ECU, then was outstanding in his second year in orange. We've also had guys come out of nowhere -- Shumpert wasn't a big recruit; no one even knew who Marek was, etc. So, I say that only to point out that I'm not ruling out a good year or significant improvement from any individual player. BUT, I feel like there are big questions at really every position on the floor. PG -- Guess it's JJ. Like the kid, solid player. Is he a 1? Will he find his shot consistently? Can he create and get to the line? Not sure. SG -- Westry, big question coming off injury; I like some of what Cuffe showed, but there are questions there; Moore looks like a player but he's a frosh shooter, which brings questions; Taylor seems like an intriguing piece, but who knows? SF -- Bell did some really nice things. Can he improve his activity level on both ends and bring more to the table than his shooting? PF -- Freeman/Davis -- probably feel as good about freeman as anyone; seems like great upside. But, again, how much is reasonable to ask of a frosh? Davis is stepping up in competition. C -- Lampkin/McLeod -- McLeod was injured last year, so maybe it was just injury that was the issue, but he couldn't move at all on the perimeter, which isn't great for pressure man. Lampkin doesn't appear to be a switchable big either. Should bring size and rebounding with some low-post scoring ... but I just wonder what we look like on the defensive end with either big, at least in the style we played last year (pressure, minimal help). [/QUOTE]

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