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[QUOTE="Jasoncuse, post: 2167427, member: 470"]
I'm not saying this team will be nearly as bad on D as last year's team. I just am not going to proclaim them a solid or good D at this point, especially with the lackadaisical defensive effort out of two probable starters we saw this past year.

This team certainly has more defensive upside if things click, but I just think it's going to take some time. They [I]should[/I] have more quickness on the baseline, if we can add Tucker to Moyer/Brissett. TT has to be better this year in the middle (I don't know if his quickness is going play on the wing for more than a few minutes at a time), with hopefully some added effort. Sidibe looks like a nice prospect, but who knows if he'll be ready. I have no faith in Chukwu, I'm sorry to be pessimistic about him, but I saw nothing in his game that lead me to believe he'll be a game-changer in any way.

Physically, we hopefully won't have the same issues defensively, but guys have to know the rotations, spacing and be able to rebound. Those are unknowns that could really take some time to develop.

Also, if our coaching staff can't get the defenders to start playing with their hands up, I don't know what's going on...
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