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Message: [QUOTE="REB1094, post: 4376691, member: 12147"] Love the thoughtfulness put into this post. Some of my general thoughts are - 1. Please no high hedge. Whaley is pretty much the only big that consistently did it well. Sanogo got better throughout the year but it was rough to watch anybody except Whaley do that. 2. The makeup of this team is very different than last year. RJ, Tyrese, and Whaley were absolute dogs. We’re replacing them with more smoothness and versatility (Newton, Hawkins, Karaban). We were junkyard dogs last year but this year I think our identity will be completely different (other than Sanogo eating every opposing big alive). 3. I hope Hurley is more flexible with his lineups. I agree he is stubborn. We have a few guys that can play 1-3, might as well throw different looks out there if something isn’t working. 4. If the defense is double teaming Sanogo and leaving 1-2 of Newton/Hawkins/Andre/Karaban open, then green light to let it fly. If Sanogo has been working on his shot and can reliably hit midrange shots, let him. We should play our game and punish defenses, not play the game the defense gives us by taking away our strengths. 5. I’d like to think our main oh--we-need-a-bucket guy would be Newton or Hawkins. I think RJ overachieved in that role during the last stretch of the season, but he should have never had to have been that guy. Newton and Hawkins [I]should[/I] be much better iso players. Having both on the court helps a lot. [/QUOTE]

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