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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1643662, member: 716"] Battle and Richardson may never reach the level of Cooney and Gbinije in terms of defensive aptitude (and this may be a weak point next year), but they'll be an instant upgrade on offense (assuming Battle has the skill-set that the recruiting fans say he does). And Richardson already seems to be the leader of the team, so we could see a fairly smooth transition. As a bonus, when one of the starting guards has a defensive lapse (which will happen with regularity, as is always the case with young players in the zone), we'll have Frank Howard waiting to come in. He'll temporarily fix our other weakness: no point guard in the starting line-up. We may not be consistent, we may be careless with the ball at times, and we'll definitely drive Boeheim nuts on defense, but it sounds like we'll finally have the individual dynamic offensive capabilities to make up for those shortcomings. [/QUOTE]