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<blockquote data-quote="Butler-eer" data-source="post: 131789955" data-attributes="member: 1661089"><p>Let's compare this year with last year. Last year Culver being our only player at 5 hurt us. Oscar quit. Cottrell injured. Gabe as the only other real option at 5 and he had to play a lot of 4 unless we played more small ball with SF's Bridges, Mathews or Thweatt manning the 4. Derek played his heart out. That shouldn't be questioned ...... EVER. None of Cottrell, Paulicap, Seny, Gabe or Carrigan will replace Derek. None are close to being the overall player he is.</p><p></p><p>That being said, those 5 in combination will bring much more versatility and depth to the 4/5 than Derek/Gabe of last year. Derek was not a shot blocker, Paulicap is. Derek isn't an outside threat, Cottrell and Carrigan can shoot from deeper ...... we think. Derek and Gabe had NO backups unless we went smaller. We now have 5 legit 4/5's and another RS in waiting. That is to go along with 3 SF's that have size and could play small ball manning the 4. Huggs won't have to worry so much about "saving" the 4/5's because of foul trouble because of this depth. Teams won't target our bigs knowing they will have to back down because of fouls. Our bigs won't have to back off because of fouls.</p><p></p><p>Same can be said of Deuce. None of Malik, Dedrian, Kobe or Seth alone will be able to do the things that Deuce did. But each has qualities that filled the void that Deuce left. IMO the PG position will overall be stronger in the long run. A little more size with Kedrian, Seth and Kobe. Very good quickness with Malik. We won't have to worry that much about having the starter log 35 min/gm.</p><p></p><p>The 2 will be more experienced with Sean and Taz coming back and the addition of any of the PG's that can also move to the 2. SF is a huge upgrade with Bridges instead of Matthews. Add Taj and King (who may/should RS) as backups this position is much better. </p><p></p><p>This will be a very different ball game next year. Individually we aren't as strong at the 1 and 5 as last year. As a team we will adapt because of our ability to do different things and the depth is there. Don't be surprised if we roll out PressVirginia again. Maybe not in the same form as a couple years ago, but PressVirginia none the less. This team is deep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Butler-eer, post: 131789955, member: 1661089"] Let's compare this year with last year. Last year Culver being our only player at 5 hurt us. Oscar quit. Cottrell injured. Gabe as the only other real option at 5 and he had to play a lot of 4 unless we played more small ball with SF's Bridges, Mathews or Thweatt manning the 4. Derek played his heart out. That shouldn't be questioned ...... EVER. None of Cottrell, Paulicap, Seny, Gabe or Carrigan will replace Derek. None are close to being the overall player he is. That being said, those 5 in combination will bring much more versatility and depth to the 4/5 than Derek/Gabe of last year. Derek was not a shot blocker, Paulicap is. Derek isn't an outside threat, Cottrell and Carrigan can shoot from deeper ...... we think. Derek and Gabe had NO backups unless we went smaller. We now have 5 legit 4/5's and another RS in waiting. That is to go along with 3 SF's that have size and could play small ball manning the 4. Huggs won't have to worry so much about "saving" the 4/5's because of foul trouble because of this depth. Teams won't target our bigs knowing they will have to back down because of fouls. Our bigs won't have to back off because of fouls. Same can be said of Deuce. None of Malik, Dedrian, Kobe or Seth alone will be able to do the things that Deuce did. But each has qualities that filled the void that Deuce left. IMO the PG position will overall be stronger in the long run. A little more size with Kedrian, Seth and Kobe. Very good quickness with Malik. We won't have to worry that much about having the starter log 35 min/gm. The 2 will be more experienced with Sean and Taz coming back and the addition of any of the PG's that can also move to the 2. SF is a huge upgrade with Bridges instead of Matthews. Add Taj and King (who may/should RS) as backups this position is much better. This will be a very different ball game next year. Individually we aren't as strong at the 1 and 5 as last year. As a team we will adapt because of our ability to do different things and the depth is there. Don't be surprised if we roll out PressVirginia again. Maybe not in the same form as a couple years ago, but PressVirginia none the less. This team is deep. [/QUOTE]
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