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The article certainly focuses on the bright side.
I think the key is our new 3. Hunter develops? Geronimo makes an early impact? Do we play 3 guards?
Smiths departure changes the dynamic of the team pretty dramatically. It could end up being for the better? It could end up hurting really badly? As of right now, on the damaging side we lost our best overall defender. Everything else he brought, not sure it’ll be too difficult to replace and/or improve upon. It’ll just depend on who fills his minutes. Shooting/scoring we’ll get more out of his minutes from guys like Hunter, and maybe Franklin if we go smaller with more minutes. Rebounding would be better if Thompson got a bunch of his minutes...not as good if guards and/or Hunter do. Ball handling/decision making I think will get better no matter what.
In the end though...it’s not possible to know how it will all shake out. I’m worried we’ll take a step back defensively. And our offense won’t be good enough yet to overcome that. Justin was/is an underrated defender.
I agree underrated defender.
He also ate minutes.
Hopefully all of the guys realize this opportunity and are working hard.
Smiths departure changes the dynamic of the team pretty dramatically. It could end up being for the better? It could end up hurting really badly? As of right now, on the damaging side we lost our best overall defender. Everything else he brought, not sure it’ll be too difficult to replace and/or improve upon. It’ll just depend on who fills his minutes. Shooting/scoring we’ll get more out of his minutes from guys like Hunter, and maybe Franklin if we go smaller with more minutes. Rebounding would be better if Thompson got a bunch of his minutes...not as good if guards and/or Hunter do. Ball handling/decision making I think will get better no matter what.
In the end though...it’s not possible to know how it will all shake out. I’m worried we’ll take a step back defensively. And our offense won’t be good enough yet to overcome that. Justin was/is an underrated defender.
II only wish CAM would have encouraged DA and JS to leave earlier
The biggest thing we lose with Smith leaving is consistency.
He was a guaranteed double digit scorer and five rebound guy who was our best pack line defender.
We have guys who could potentially give us more but they haven't yet.
So losing Smith just widens our range of outcomes this season.
Nothing wrong with that as most teams have this issue every year. We were one of the few who were returning all five starters but...not now.
We'll need to make up for around what, 22 points a game with the losses of Green and Smith.
It's not an overwhelming task but again, we need to see it from whoever is going to do it with the chance that no one does (although unlikely).
I agree underrated defender.
He also ate minutes.
Hopefully all of the guys realize this opportunity and are working hard.