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Message: [QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 2601200, member: 4623"] It is difficult, after a game like last night's, to hold one's resolve as a card-carrying Ollie-basher. To use a stock market analogy, we "bought the top" when we gave KO his contract, and dumping him now begins to feel like "selling the bottom." Diarra, Polley and Carlton all showed last night the new confidence you mention. Yes, the confidence was shown more in the initiation of moves than the finish, but it was demonstrably there. Tossed out of the nest, the fledglings are learning to fly. Anderson gave us a Gilbert-like performance at the point, and it freed Jalen to showcase his entire repertoire, including a confident, long-range three. To mix the metaphor, it was Jalen playing Shabazz to Anderson's Boat. Hard not to drool at the prospects of Jalen playing alongside AG or Akinjo next year. I have suggested before that KO is an enabler, not a teacher. Playing for KO is an exercise in self-discipline and self-discovery. The young players who survive the course may well become the confident, self-assured operators that KO has proved he can lead to a championship. One is tempted this morning to give him the chance. [/QUOTE]