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Message: [QUOTE="DogMania, post: 5285610, member: 21"] I listened to Moore's interview a while ago. I don't think his points were that we were only bringing in practice players. They were just not going to bring in high NIL players that would be perceived as over recruitment of the current assumed starters and regular rotation players. It obviously didn't preclude players that could earn some playing time though the competition will be fierce for that. As for adding a big, he did say they were looking more for a developmental one. I'm hoping that's the case but one that's developed enough to give us five or so minutes if needed when our bigs are in foul trouble, or could play a backup role if one of them is side lined due to injury. The two positions that are most problematic when you don't have enough depth are the 1 and 5. There's always a need to have guards who can handle fierce pressure and bigs who can hold their own defending the paint and rebounding. The one problem I see with adding a developmental big, is they're likely to transfer after year one or two if they're not getting much or any playing time, knowing they're probably going to be recruited over. I think the trends are going to be, or are already here, where developmental bigs are moving around the first two to three seasons at mid-major programs or lower end high majors, before latching on to solid minutes at some high major program. There's good and bad with the NIL era. Not sure what changes will reduce the bad. It's our new reality. [/QUOTE]

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