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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5496789, member: 722"]
I think this is a really good post.

I would argue one point, though. I think this is our first team in a long time that can suffer foul trouble and not have a huge dropoff in production as a result.

If Kyle gets into trouble, we have Freeman, Souare and Diawara.

If Freeman gets into trouble, we have White and Betsey.

If Kingz gets into trouble, we have Betsey, Anthony and Womack.

If Starling gets into trouble, we have Anthony and Fennell.

If George gets into trouble, we have Starling, Fennell and Zephir.

While I fully expect Freeman to be our best player, unlike previous years, I don't think the dropoff to his backups will be catastrophic. I think the same is true for all of our guys,with the possible exception of George. I don't like Starling as our primary point guard for very long, and Fennell is largely unknown at this point.

But the overall point is this. Our second string is more talented than some teams of starters we've run out there lately...

In fact, I think some guys who would have been starters on last years squad are going to have trouble making this year's rotation.

Betsey, Souare and Fennell would have really helped a team that had Lucas Taylor, Davis and Carlos in our top 6 for minutes played.

Going back a year further, would you rather have Souare playing center or PF rather than Justin Taylor? Anthony or Fennell playing 10 minutes a game instead of Cuffe?

This team is loaded, and foul trouble might be a blessing in disguise some games, as it will dictate Red going deeper into the rotation than his JB determined basketball DNA would otherwise allow.
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