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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 1389846, member: 1423"]
Offensively, that's true -- Rak exploded. We might be able to replace his scoring with the guys returning and better bench production from the newcomers -- but the points aren't coming from the inside. That will create balance problems.

Defensively, we have an even bigger problem. We've had Rak (and other bigs) in the past 4-5 years who can elevate and block shots. Next year, while everyone's excited to get 8-10 from DC2 (and an occasional put-back by TR), what concerns me is that we have no rim protector. We lack size, depth and athleticism inside. This problem surfaced last year when CM went down. TR functioned as well as he could at the 4 at 6-7/205 pounds.  But now we've lost both our athletic bigs .. and what's left is relatively flat-footed big bodies that can't elevate, block shots above the rim or get to the corner. I can't believe we can't find a 7 footer (or close) to play in front of 30k. If Miami and G-Tech can do it (twice), we can find someone.
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