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[QUOTE="TinyManInside, post: 56003, member: 1251"]
I have a hard time looking at this roster and seeing a top 5 team if Scoop and Triche are both getting 30 minutes a night. I think both of these players are largely "what you see is what you get" players. They are good to very good college players, but not great, and certainly not the type of transcendant talents needed to win championships. Neither player, to date, has shown to be particularly gifted physically. Now if Triche has indeed improved his quickness and explosiveness, then perhaps he can make the next step up. But honestly I thought he was only marginally better as a SO than he was as a FR, and I question his ability to create his own shot due to lack of quickness (which also affects his shooting).

The bottom line is that for either Waiters or Triche to have breakout years, you're going to have to believe that they have made major improvements in areas of weakness (Triche quickness/speed/explosiveness, Waiters shooting/shot selection/sharing the ball).

Maybe they have, maybe they haven't. Until we see these guys at game speed against similar competition, that is nearly an impossible judgment to make.

The difference between practice speed and game speed is huge. Just ask Ethan Cole.

-mason
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