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[QUOTE="General20, post: 1603229, member: 724"]
Forget about Battle being a pure point guard, we don't necessarily need that for next year.  The template for next year's team will be the Dion Waiters/Fab Melo team.  That team was arguably the best defensive team in the country and the best in transition in the country.

One of the big reasons they were the best defensive team was that they had Fab Melo blocking shots.  One of the reasons they were the best in transition is that Dion released after every shot, and he could not be stopped 1 on 1 (most times not even 1 on 2).

The hope will be that Chukwu replaces Melo's shot blocking.  We need Battle to be Dion Waiters.  We need him to be the guy who we get the ball to in open space, and who nobody can stop.  If he can do that we might be even better than that Waiters/Melo team, which I think was something like 27-1 with Melo, because that team was weak rebounding and weak in half court.  With Roberson and Lyden, next year's team will not be weak on the boards, and assuming Richardson and Lydon progress naturally, they should be good in the half court as well.
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