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Message: [QUOTE="REB1094, post: 5178503, member: 12147"] All of this is in theory, but… Offense: [LIST] [*]Liam was the best player at just taking the ball and making a move to score individually. With him gone, it has fallen to Diarra and Karaban (not their game). With Liam back, more defensive attention is spent stopping him, thus less on Karaban and Diarra which frees them up to do what they are better at (HD distribute, AK find open shots off ball). Last 3 games: Diarra 10.7 FGA. Karaban 36% FG so they are feeling that burden. Diarra has actually done pretty well stepping up into this role, with the exception of the Butler game (12pts last night, 15 vs Creighton) [*]Rotation. Liam allows us to play Stewart or Ross based on situation instead of forcing big minutes to both. Stewart has played 25 MPG since Liam went down, Ross 15. Based on how they've been playing then it should probably be closer to Stewart 15/Ross 5 [/LIST] Defense: [LIST] [*]While not a great defender, he’s 6’8 and walls up pretty well. Gets beat off dribble a lot but is actually solid at recovering whereas now when people get beat they just give up on the possession. His defensive +/- is higher than Solo, Stewart, and Mahaney so not elite but better than a chunk of our rotation pieces [*]Last night Stewart got picked apart by Swain and Ross hasn’t been able to stay in front of anybody since Gonzaga. Again a 6'8 body helps [*]Rebounding. Liam is a great rebounder. [B]Combined[/B], Stewart and Ross average 3.3 rebounds per game since Liam went out. Liam alone averages 5.8 [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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