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Message: [QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 5154182, member: 175"] Brea has shot well against bad teams but is 8-26 from three in their five games against good competition. Haven’t watched enough to see if he can’t get open much, and he would still have some value with floor spacing since nobody is going to leave him open. But he hasn’t been much of a difference maker for UK yet other than burying bad teams in blowouts. Of course, Mahaney hasn’t panned out for us yet - but I get the decision. On paper he was a guy with a versatile skillset who could do some of the things that Tristen and Cam did on offense. If we were doing a straight up replacement for Jordan Hawkins, Brea would have been by far the best candidate, but with Newton and Spencer gone, we needed a three-level scorer who could create his own shot and pass. That player could still be in there for us and we need to try to unlock him. I don’t think Diarra and Ball can be counted on to get us 20+ points every time out - Diarra isn’t a natural scorer and Ball struggles to find other ways to score when his three ball isn’t there. I also don’t think Nowell is going to be a reliable scorer as a freshman from what I’ve seen of him. So our ceiling involves Mahaney as some sort an offensive spark. [/QUOTE]