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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 1615354, member: 906"] 1.Patterson would have been much more ready then Howard defensively though. 2. He took the ball to the rim well last year. 3. He would help create some transition. 4. He gambled with on the ball pressured solidly last year. He would have been the best on the ball pressure defender on this team. Not saying we would do well with pressure while he was in but he had his upsides. BJ could have payed dividends knocking down shots. Malachi has had a few 2-15 nights and he had those kind of days against wisconsin, gtown, and probably another 1-2 of our losses to name a few. Maybe BJ or Mal could have played some 2g for us for 5-10 minutes and we could have found three point shots, even driving the lane alittle easier and more consistently. The one thing about this team is inconsistancy. 1. Gbinije goes to the rim all of a sudden once acc play starts. Before acc he rarely never does but shoots 52% from three knocking down 3 plus a game. Now he can't buy a three. 2. Malachi our volume shooter has been on and off shooting. The last 2 he was on fire that should continue. I think sometimes we as fans are weakminded and think good shooters can't continue. 3. Roberson and Lydon step up 1 out of 3 games. This could change Roberson played his best game in orange ever against clemson, imo. 4. Gbinije has to choose whether he is going to have to score alot more or try to asssist because of the above. 5. The centers like Dajuan get alittle banged up and sit the whole second half sometimes our center defense is good sometimes its awful. It ranges. 6. rebounding up and down. Translation its so important to practice everything in practice. When everything is fresh in our short term memory we will play our better ball. We may lose to a clemson doing so but atleast we try hard. Given all the above, My prediction is they would have added more then we think. [/QUOTE]

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