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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 75984, member: 285"]
Christmas having greater upside is based on a number of things:

1.   He can play the 4 and the 5; Keita is really only going to play the 5.
   2.   JB has determined that he will not only play more than Keita, but he will start on one of the deepest teams we've had in maybe forever.    JB has watched both players more than any of us ever will and has presumably been at and watched all of the practices to date.
    Less reliable, but also telling:
   3.   Christmas was a 5 star McD's AA, Keita a 4 star less highly regarded recruit.
 
      In my view you, if all things are equal (and I'm not sure they are) you don't give the older player the nod over the younger player you actually go the other way because the younger player is younger, is at an equal position with less experience and has more potential to develop beyond the older player with similar experience under his belt.

Nothing that JB is doing today is being done for yesterday or tonight's games.   We should be able to beat Manhattan and probably Albany as well, with any combination of five players from among our top 10.    The things being done now are being done so that the team is in the best position to win the tough games down the road.
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