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[QUOTE="Huskyforlife, post: 4560268, member: 3403"]
We all love Alex, but I can’t agree with this take. You’re a year early imo.

Niels averaged 8-4-1 on 69(nice)% true shooting, and was a better defensive player. The 4th best player on a national championship team, which is something I feel you’re massively under appreciating.

Alex averaged 10-4-2 on 60% true shooting, and was targeted on defense for at least half the season. He was arguably the 3rd or 4th best player, depending on where you’d place him and Jackson. But I’d argue Jackson was more impactful overall. The minutes situation is also a bit misleading, because of Samsons injury, and how desperately we needed spacing for our inside out game. But similarly to arguments I’ve made about Hawkins/Sanogos legacy, let’s see if this March/April can change the way we look at everyone on this team.

I really, really think people don’t remember how fantastic Giffey was in his role. Assuming Alex takes on a huge offensive burden next season, he’ll surpass Giffey because of how much harder that role is, but as 3nD guys, give me senior Giffey over everybody.
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