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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 3726583"]
Syracuse Losses:

- Rutgers by 10:  Kadary played the entire game.

- Pitt by 3:  Kadary was locked down and Pitt was unbothered by his D.

- UNC by 6:  Kadary wasn’t doing much on offense.  I remember his D being good, but not disruptive to the point of making up 6 points.

- Pitt by 20:  by 20.. 18yo Melo could come back in a time machine and not help in this one.

- UVA by 23:  See above

- Clemson by 17:  See above

So, in totality, there’s an argument that Kadary could maybe, maybe have flipped one L to a W if he played 30+ minutes.  That’s the UNC game and it’s a flimsy argument.  Pitt’s guards couldn’t care less about Kadary being in the game, so he wasn’t changing that 3 point loss.

Is Kadary better than Joe and Buddy?  Yes.  Despite what some of you guys think I’ve argued in the past, I’ve never disagreed with that.  Was Waiters clearly better than Triche and Jardine?  Yes, from the moment he stepped on campus.  Can a player who is better, still come off the bench?  Yes, happens all the time at multiple schools for various reasons.  Certainly not unprecedented by any stretch.

Flipping L’s to W’s is all that matters.  Kadary’s playing time has improved as he’s proven himself (what I’ve advocated for from the jump).  He’s seeing 25mpg.

What are we arguing for?  30mpg?  40mpg?  In our wins, JB has played him enough to win.  In our losses, it doesn’t appear that playing him more would have changed the result.
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