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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1228446, member: 40"]
Flat out wrong.  The problems are [1] we lack experienced lead guard play and [2] our outside shooting is erratic.  Period.  Everything else is minor in comparison.

Tell me again how the class of 2013 impacted the former.  Oh yeah...

And here we go again with the "NBA talent" BS.  Wes Johnson might have been drafted high, but he is a marginal NBA talent, relatively speaking.  He was a difference maker here, in what was arguably a fantastic team.  Arinze Onuaku--who can't even latch on in the NBA--absolutely destroyed Zeller from UNC, who was a solid first round pick.  Who would you rather have?  NBA draft considerations are nice peripheral window dressing--but has virtually nil to do with how players perform at the collegiate level.  McCullough is our top pro prospect in several years--and this is shaping up to be a bubble team.  Go figure.

The NBA stuff is overblown.  Especially when we're landing solid 4 / 5 star talent.  I don't give a rip whether they make the NBA or note, provided they win big for us.  If they make the NBA--disco.  But I'm fairly certain that JB would prefer to surround his top talent with a senior Scoop, CJ, or Andy instead of than a one and done who doesn't make as much impact like Donte Greene.
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