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[QUOTE="EastCoast2, post: 2942868, member: 488"]
My sarcastic comment was largely addressing the comments from opposing fanbases about our players' defensive capabilities at the next level. Unfortunately, the face of our program for the past 16+ years is the poster child for offense only / defensively lazy NBA players, and we've had to own that. What most of those mouthbreathers don't realize is that SU plays M2M defense in practice - how do they think we practice offense (yes our offense isn't great), but some people act like our guys are contractually bound to not play M2M while they're matriculated at the University. Our guys play the offseason, summer camps, pickup, workouts, etc all M2M.

Jerami Grant is a top-shelf NBA defender. MCW was a good, at times very good, NBA defender. Dion holds his own to the point he's able to get consistent meaningful minutes for 7+ years so far. Our other guys just weren't great NBA players. Does anybody doubt Gbinije's defensive potential? With 60 guys drafted per year, and only 450 (plus 60 2-way contracts) roster in the league, it's not surprising we have our fair share of 2-3-4 year guys who end up in Italy at age 26.
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