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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4855734, member: 9844"] I thought it was more realistic than negative. Some of our bigs might turn out to be good, but they might not too. The fact is we have nobody we know is coming back that we can pencil in at the 4 or 5 and know they will be good. Ayanna may or may not have an ongoing issue with her knee, and her first year was not impressive, granted playing with a bum knee and having concussion issues herself. Maybe this surgery enables her to come back and achieve what we would normally expect a #5 pick to do. Same with Ice, already recovering from a knee injury herself and not yet meeting expectations, but as they say constantly, she has lots of skills. Jana with high hopes but also coming off an injury, and like the others unproven. She was the one player I think this commentator was overly negative on, as I see more quickness and potential than he does. All three of those could blossom as very good players or fall short of expectations. All with potential, all with injuries, and none that have yet matched expectations, although all potentially could. The closest thing to a known proven player that could play upfront would be if Aubrey returned, and she is coming off her third surgery and probably wouldn't be ready until well into the season. Obviously if we sign Sarah, and or Aaliyah decided to return, or Ice starts to play like we hope, that would reduce much of the uncertainty, but right now there are many unanswered questions. It helps that small ball has worked as well as it has, but I hope it becomes a strategic part time option next year, not a necessity because we don't have enough effective bigs. The guards and wings should be terrific and hopefully our bigs will be too, but it will be a major question heading into next season. [/QUOTE]

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