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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 182297, member: 405"] on ESPN while I'm hope recuperating today. Boy, that team was a delicately balance collection of pieces, kind of like the 2009 team was. The other thing I noticed is that the 2003 team could not hold a candle to this team - or the 2009 team, for that matter - on defense. My God, our rotations on jump shooters (McNamara, cough) would get you yanked today, but in fairness, Gerry was logging a lot more than 22 minutes a game. But Edelin was a little slow on the perimeter, too. It was like McNeil, Pace and Duany were the designated defenders. Melo got the defense boards late in games when they were needed, but conserved energy on the boards earlier in games. Hak was still too thin to defend well other than blocking shots, but was incredible on the offensive boards. We really could score in a variety of ways on that 2003 team. Great, great offensive talent. [/QUOTE]