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Message: [QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 2205670, member: 4623"] Strikes me that the best case is that KO has the team he wants. He has retained/brought on ten players that line up two-deep at each position. His guard contingent is quick, smart and confident. His big men are tough or athletic or both. They are potential rebounders, outlet passers and mobile defenders. He has lost two bigs who were statuesque on defense, indifferent on the boards and required a set offense to engage their few skills. He has lost a wingman who couldn't get off his feet. This is now a team that might just play the basketball KO wants to play. Recruiting? Listen, you can't trumpet the merits of Adams, Gilbert and Vital and then wonder why MAL chose to go elsewhere. You can't project Larrier as a pro prospect and then wonder why Wilson chose St. John's. And what is it with the assumption that Carlton, Polley and Whaley are chopped liver -- that KO and staff took them as a consolation prize? Which of these guys would you really want to trade to have VJ back??? The best case requires a bit of good fortune on the injury front. Key guys have to come back healthy and stay healthy. The best case would like to see another pick-up or two to fill out the practice squad, but another 4-star recruit? Not likely. Not necessary. [/QUOTE]