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Message: [QUOTE="yungdowork, post: 4661632, member: 10371"] Karaban's biggest strengths are that he's a smart and efficient player. I don't think Hurley will put him in a role where he'll be asked to sacrifice any of that efficiency. Offensively, he's great at providing spacing and not afraid to slip to the basket if his defender falls asleep. He'll probably shoot a few more shots a game, and definitely a few more 3's with Hawkins gone, but I don't think his game is built around being any sort of high-volume guy. I think he's the perfect guy to have on the roster with a bunch of freshmen coming in since he can impact the game through his shooting, on the glass, and by rotating the ball quickly, without needing a ton of touches. If he develops any ability to put the ball on the floor, he will be a really versatile offensive weapon. Defensively, I think he really stepped up last year. With any added strength, he'll be able to defend basically any 4 in the conference in my opinion. He got punked by Bryce Hopkins in the first PC game last year and took it personally. He completely changed the way he defended, and by the latter half of the year, I was really impressed with him. I'd still be concerned that he lacks foot speed to guard most 3's and certain stretch 4's, but I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt for now. I think he'll probably take about 12 shots a game (got 7 this year) and average around 15ppg. Wouldn't be surprised if the 3-point % drops a bit with teams not having to chase Hawkins around, but I think there's room to be more efficient on his 2-point attempts so it might be a wash. I agree with most of the posters in here that 15/6/3 seems very doable for him honestly. I don't think he'll shoot enough to average much more than that, but it'll be interesting to see what his role is on the new-look roster. [/QUOTE]

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