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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5762312, member: 722"]
He was referring, I think, to the 2009-2010 team led by Wes Johnson, Andy Rautins and Arinze Onuaku.  That had junior year Rick Jackson.  Both Jackson and Onuaku were relatively short centers, but were big and strong and skilled.

But the engine for that team was elite wing play, with Johnson, Rautins and Kris Joseph leading the team in scoring.  The insanely good defense had a lot to do with it as well.  It was probably the most dominant zone of JB's career.  The team was top10 in steals and blocks, 25th in defensive 2pt% and 27th in 3pt%   Opponents literally couldn't go anywhere on the court with the ball without something bad happening to them. :)

Brandon Triche and Scoop Jardine rounded out the rotation. Mookie Jones, Dash Riley and James Southerland were deep depth minutes, but they all had DNP for more than half the games.

It was the epitome of a top heavy JB roster, and a very serious contender for the title until Arinze went down with a knee injury.

Back to the topic of Luke Wilson, if he can be as good as either Rick Jackson or Arinze were that year, that would be wonderful.
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