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Message: [QUOTE="Huskyforlife, post: 5136968, member: 3403"] I’d say no, despite knowing it’ll be a very unpopular opinion. It’s telling that Diarra has been the late clock/clutch possession go to guy so far, and he’s not built for it. I’d say Liam has the best chance of becoming this guy. But I’m also gonna be interested to see how he adjusts to the added defensive attention he’ll get moving forward. It might be a lot to ask for a freshman who’s primary skill set is off ball to become a closing creator for a team with tournament aspirations. But he’s also more likely to beat his man than Alex. Which is also to say I don’t think it can be Alex. Elite team bucket getter, gonna do more on ball stuff as we’ve seen this year, but I think it’d be too easy to shutdown his isolations if you know they’re coming. To ask Mahaney and Solo to survive on defense in the last 4 minutes of a tight game seems unreasonable given the evidence we have right now. So you’d have to bench Solo if you want Mahaney to take on that role. And despite Mahaney playing well in a bit role the last two games, I’m not convinced he’s shown anything to suddenly command such a significant role. We were closer to demanding Nowell take his rotation spot than demanding he take the most important shots in a game. (This is also why Nowell may need to get adjusted asap. He’s got the most potential to self create on this team.) [/QUOTE]