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Message: [QUOTE="DogMania, post: 5111766, member: 21"] Hard not to get excited about this team. Add Ross to the mix even if he's half of what Hurley is saying shows how talented and deep this roster is. At his length, he's going to be a matchup nightmare on both ends of the floor if he's one of the guards. Imagine him on the floor with McNeeley and Karaban at the 4 & 5, all 6-7. That's a lot of length disrupting passing lanes, defense rebounding and weakside & on assignment blocks. On offense, 2 or all them will have length to shoot over their defenders and chase after some offensive rebounds. Not to mention all three have plus handles and are good passers. Early on, their team D and technique to keep players in front of them, hedging and switching will be a work in progress, but once it all clicks, having 2 to 3 of these three on the floor will be a scary proposition for most teams. This depth plus that of the guards should keep the level of play and energy high. Most teams try to weather those segments in the game where key players are on the bench to catch their breath or due to foul trouble. The staff has such an array of talented multi-positional players, that throughout the majority of the 40 minutes they'll have multiple scoring threats and solid defenders to keep the productivity high and pressure on their opponent. Based on what Hurley said there will be a number of players that will get a lot of run any given game, which will mean some of those same players in the mix might have moderate minutes depending on who's playing better and matchups. I can see games where the PT for Diarra, Stewart, Mahaney and Ross will differ from game to game. We know Karaban, Samson, Reed, Ball and McNeeley will all get lots of PT most games. It's those prior 4 and maybe add Nowell into the mix that will end up competing for PT each night. I included Diarra because his PT could be impacted if Ross carves into the minutes at the guard position. The way Ball is playing, hard to see him not getting big time minutes every game. It will be interesting to see how Hurley divides up the minutes as the season goes on. [/QUOTE]

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