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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 1392303, member: 1423"] Duke just won a ship with four shooters and a guy in the middle. Obviously, they had very good players - 3 guys are going to the NBA. So even though we don't have CM back, it's not impossible to be successful. Unfortunately, I don't know if we have the horses to make it work. You point out how good TC and G could be .. I agree. They make each other better; TC benefits especially because another shooter, or better two, will prevent him from being face-guarded every game. That's why having MR come in is huge. If he can contribute as a freshman, we could see a Jordoo-like lineup of TC, MR and G (and even Lydon) on the perimeter ... pick your poison. So yes, even if KJ is not ready for prime time, there's still room for optimism about our guard/SF rotation. The problems are: 1) MR is going to take some time to adjust .. hopefully not too long as he's needed desperately; 2) we're thin at SF. I can see G logging major minutes and if necessary Roberson can slide over if Lydon/Diagne can contribute (at the 4). And 3) for the above to work, we need some inside balance and DC is a total dice roll. No one has worked harder .. the kid has given it his all and showed great perseverance and loyalty to the program. But the surgery he had .. and the amount of time away from the game .. these are not easy hurdles to overcome. I predicted 8-10 from him ... but that's well into the season IF he's healthy. Opposing teams will run guards at him to give him fouls ... knowing that we don't have depth at the position. So this is a dice-roll that would best be solved by picking up a JUCO center. Just my humble opinion. But I do admit that we could be decent ... if a bunch of things fall into place. [/QUOTE]

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