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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2554721, member: 40"] Disagree. That entire season, JB had the luxury of going small -- with both Wes / Kris manning the forward spots, accompanied in the post by whichever of the two big men was having the better day, or matched up better with the opponent, etc. The minutes he played were reduced because our best lineup that year included only one of the bigs, so other than the starts of halves, usually only one of them was on the floor. Rick had a poor game against Butler. JB didn't have the luxury of pulling him for Arinze, a senior who probably wouldn't have been as affected tangling with that Butler goon. His loss was immense. That team also had perfect offensive chemistry. Rick was pretty good, but he wasn't as good a scorer at that stage as Arinze was. Losing him upset that balance. [/QUOTE]