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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2457454, member: 40"]
That's how I see it, too.  We'd have depth and lots of positional flexibility with players like Howard, Hughes, Dolezaj all being able to play two different positions.  We'd have lots of combinations we could use in both the backcourt and frontcourt, even without Battle - who I assume is gone.

Doesn't really matter what you call the starting guards -- both would handle and pass.  Carey would be a better penetrator on paper than what we've had in awhile. Will be interesting to see if playmaking translates better at the next level for him; many guards are more scoring oriented at the high school level.

Couple of thoughts:
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[*]Moyer slides out of the starting lineup, but would be a valuable bench guy, and return to the starting lineup as an upperclassman
[*]Wish we could add a third big behind Chukwu / Sidibe, to protect against Sidibe having long-term effects from the tendinitis.  If he's healthy, then that's a helluva pivot tandem, but if he's limited then we're back to using a guy like Dolezaj to spell Chukwu, and none of the other forwards are 4/5 types like we usually have.
[*]Hughes could easily start at 2, and will have a year of immersion in the system before hitting the floor next year
[*]Looks like shooting could be much improved next season
[*]Being able to field a full second unit will make practices really, really competitive [a la 2012 squad]
[*]Like 2012 [and 2000], this could be one of those teams that actually does go 9 deep in most games 
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