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Message: [QUOTE="RuffRuff, post: 5351059, member: 1268"] Last year the roster building effort was a C- at best. Over-indexed on AK in a feature role 5 a career backup who had backup skills/ceiling Tried to convert a transfer CG Mahaney to PG, ended up being a total wash with a ripple effect down the roster Didn't have any back court insurance by stopping at Mahaney Didn't diagnose Solo's defensive deficiencies to accommodate in the portal (Mahaney sure wasn't it) Overstated Ross' & Stewart's "leaps" Recruited HS level poorly Didn't forecast for Diarra's chronic injury Tried to make lemonade out of a lemon, attempted to make a transition year a 3peat year. We had a lack of ball handling, on-ball creation, toughness and defensive footspeed. It was kind of a disaster, here as a hindsight warrior. The jewel of the disaster was putting so many eggs in the Mahaney experiment. It bombed and we had no answer behind him. A Millender type kid would have been good to have on the bench last year. I will say it forever, but Hurley was too busy showering in the afterglow, entertaining the Lakers, than thinking about the roster. This year he got depth behind the depth, and then more depth internationally. Now: Have a real, physical starting 5 with a year in the system (+1) Can reduce AK into a more natural role (+2) Have 2 tough, real PG's, both defensively strong (+3) Mullins should blend into the system in a more natural role, and has better foot-speed for defense (+4) Ball should show progression both defensively & defensively (+5) Have depth this year if something isn't working, as insurance, and mixed pieces for matchups (+6) No Mahaney, addition by substraction (+7) [/QUOTE]

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