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[QUOTE="fanfanclubclub, post: 61266, member: 787"]
Interesting post, but I disagree with most of what you said.

This Cuse team is top heavy. We have alpha dogs: Fab, KJ, CJ, Triche. We have solid role players: BMK, XMas, Scoop. And we have two wild cards in Waiters and MCW who are not ready to star, but will be sooner than later. That's a championship caliber 8.5, led by our four star players: a star 5 (Melo), two star wings (KJ and CJ), and a star, heady, team-first, defensively solid, guard (BT). I very much disagree with your prediction that this team will struggle to meet expectations.

The Cuse just needs to make sure our alpha dogs are getting the ball and dominating the action. We cannot put too many of our eggs in the Scoop, Waiters or MCW baskets, until they find efficient roles within the framework of team play.

Miscasting a good role player as an alpha dog can ruin an otherwise championship caliber team. Obviously, I am mostly talking about Scoop, but as talented as MCW and Waiters are, the same would be true for them if they were currently projected to start at point. The scrimmage was extremely encouraging in this regard: Scoop's second half was all team play, very much embracing the role we need him to play, and similarly it looks like BT's assertiveness is here to stay.

IMO, Fab is going to blow away your projections (7 points, 5 rebounds). He gets above the rim so easily. He is a star, and his emergence obviously changes our team in huge ways.

Regarding a few other points you raised: I don't think we'll see a 3 guard lineup or Southerland once BE play starts.
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