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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5044473, member: 722"]
I agreed with most of your post, until you suggested Bell will be at best our fifth leading scorer.

Bell attempted only 6 threes per game in conference play last year... He was 50 attempts behind the other percentage leaders in the conference.  Bell was severely underused, mostly because Mintz and Copeland were so ball dominant, partly because he didn't do enough to get open.

I think it highly likely Bell is among the leaders in attempts in the conference, shooting at least 8 threes per game. For him to average less than 10ppg, he would have to shoot worse than ever in his career, and somehow take no twos or ever get a free throw attempt.

I think it's likely he leads the team in scoring, as his usage increases, and his efficiency suffers only slightly because of the better ball movement the different players around him will bring.

15 ppg would be pretty small increase for Bell next year, easily within reach.

I agree about how the scoring will be spread out more than most seasons. This team could be like the 09-10 team, only in that team had 7 players averaging 8 points or more.

Bell, Lampkin, Freeman, Davis, Starling, Leffew and Westry/Moore (depending on Westry's health) could all be scorers averaging at least 8.  We also could have one of those years where 7-8 different guys are high scorer for at least one game... Especially because we are so three point dependant.

Would anybody be shocked if Moore came off the bench as our 9th man in the rotation and somehow goes 8-9 from 3 to lead us to a win?
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