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Message: [QUOTE="Iluvsuebird, post: 5349886, member: 12567"] The biggest weakness last year has been addressed. Silas and Malachi will take care of the penetrating guards, and they will create defensive havoc. Reibe was, if I am being honest, better than I expected at this early juncture. The kid clearly has game. I know that we still have the Florida game fresh in our minds. And further, this game seemed like a continuation of that 3 point futility. However, context is important: in a night where nobody was making 3's, missing our starting center and PG, we still beat an ACC team by double figures. And we would have beat them by 30 if we shot slightly better from 3, even while missing 2 key pieces of our team. Let that marinate for a bit. That is a big deal. Other random observations from yours truly: [LIST] [*]Stewart is not going to play as much as we all though if he did not improve his on the ball defense. The kid can guard bigger forwards (see Hopkins), but he is a statute against guards. [*]Malachi will be a fan favorite by December. Loved that kid's tenacity. Not to be disrespectful because he just joined us, but he is a better version of Diarra, and Diarra was phenomal (BE six man of the year, two nattys, etc.). [*]Loved Korona. Grabbed 2 or 3 contested offensive boards in the first half, a couple of nice passes. Kid is productive. [*]If you are an opponent, you better pray for a night like last night if you play us. Because how do you guard against a lineup where 4 of 5 players can shoot the 3? How in the heck do you defend our sets when you have Solo on one end and Mullins on the other? I think Alex is going to have an obscene amount of open 3's this year. [*]And further, while we shot the ball putridly last night, and I think Coach spoke about this, we didn't have our Bear in the middle to stop bleedings. [*]Of all the things I saw last night, what I loved the most was Ross being the go to defensive stopper. The kid will play if he can be that guy on the defensive end. Impressive. [*]So if we start Bear, Alex, Mullins, Solo and Silas, we will have Reibe, Malachi, Stewart and Ross as the next rotation guys. This is an impressive 9 man rotation with no obvious weakness. And as we saw, Korona brings grind to the floor. But 9 for sure contributors is what we have in '23 with Adama, Clingan, Alex, Newton, Hawk, Alex, Diarra, Alleyne and Joey. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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