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Message: [QUOTE="NECuse, post: 1740568, member: 5789"] I think (hope) Mal comes back. He should given where he projects and how much he could increase his stock next year. Given our projected team he will be the centerpiece of our offense and won't have to play third fiddle to two 5th year guards (note: I understand that he was our best offensive option on several nights this year ... but on many more nights he was inefficient and couldn't be relied on at all). If he returns, it will be a huge boon for what could very well be a multi-faceted offense. That said, he isn't Melo or even J. Flynn for that matter. I've watched Cuse for close to 30 years and there have only been a handful of players that I could say "Cuse needs a bucket here and this guy is going to get it for them, no matter what the defense presents." It's a short list. Melo, Flynn, Wallace, Owens, Coleman, Wes, Dion. I'm missing one or two guys, but that's about it. Mali isn't that guy so even if he returns, I want to temper the expectations. With Lydon, he looks like the best long term pro prospect. Long, great stroke, can board and (next year) play fantastic weak side defense. But, again, he is better served being Option 1A/B or 2 in our offense. He showed flashes of being good off the bounce, but he isn't someone that I see us running our offense through each time up the court. He needs a running mate that he can play off of. Hopefully it's Mal and the next guy that's going to be a big boost to this team. Which leads me to Battle. He is coming here to run the point. Kid decommited to Michigan in no small part than because of our represenation to him and his father that he would have the ball in his hands. Frank, who I like a lot, is not going to start over him. Now Frank will play 20 minutes per game spelling TB and (hopefull) Richardson, and he should be very productive. But he's a 4 year program guy (and a very good one) who isn't going to take burn from Battle. Just my two cents. Though I'm rarely right about these things. [/QUOTE]

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