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[QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 5033442, member: 523"]
Clingan replaced Sanogo defensively, albeit in a different scheme.  He did not completely replace his offense.

AJs offense was easily replaced and his individual defensive contributions were replaced by a more complete team defense.

The stunner that turned a lark of a repeat campaign into an inevitability was no only replacing Hawkins scoring (and clutch scoring) with a freaking tornado of offensive options.  Any one of which could match the best of Hawk on any given night.

If the threepeat train is going anywhere, we need to at least come close defensively, (not obvious atm) and come close offensively which will require a credible inside threat and dynamic perimeter threats that can score at all three levels.  I don't see that either.

Maybe Hurely can shuffle the deck again to find a winning formula, but this year is not last year with only one major contributor returning.   It may turn on how much better Diarra, Samson and the other role players are against top teams.
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