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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5003406, member: 722"]
The general consensus is that Hima is done at Syracuse.  The question is if he'll transfer or stay at the school and not play.

We don't know if Carey is healthy... He was under the concussion protocol and also has had various nagging injuries this year. I see him as more of a 4-5 than a true center. He's listed at 6'11" and 205lbs.  That's too skinny to spend whole games at center.  If he can get healthy, he's still got potential, but it's getting late for him to take the big leap he needs to become a rotation player.

Patterson probably wouldn't have been recruited by the current coaching staff.  Allen Griffin said he's got tremendous potential, more than Edwards did at the same point... But I don't have a sense if Griffin is the sort that's prone to hyperbole. Patterson is listed at 7'2" but only 220lbs, that's closer to a playable weight than Carey.

If we get a portal center to be our starter, expect McLeod to leave.  Our rotation would be:

5 McLeod/Portal, Patterson
4-5 Brown, Carey
4 Freeman
3-4 Taylor
3 Bell
1-3 Westry, Copeland
2 Starling, Moore, Cuffe
1-2 Mintz/Portal

There will be roster movement, that seems sure.

If we can't have Mintz back, as he leaves either to the portal or the NBA, it would be nice to get a pass first PG who can sometimes penetrate, defend and reliably hit an open three.

If we get incremental improvement from a bunch of guys, Freeman is really good and the portal center is better than McLeod and company, the team could be a lot better.

Given injury luck, of course.  We had bad injury luck this season. Hima, Westry, McLeod and Carey all had their seasons greatly affected by injury. Add in Williams and his problems, and this slender rotation is what we were left with.
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