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Message: [QUOTE="lateralous, post: 5166239, member: 5656"] I agree with the premise but I kind of feel like Ross has worked himself so far down the rotation that there are a lot of other guys we need to be prepping for both March 2025 and next season before him. Assuming Karaban and McNeeley are going pro after this season, I think Stewart has shown enough that he needs to get the bulk of the remaining minutes at both forward spots because he will be our Karaban next year. Mahaney, for all his struggles, brings a scoring skillset from the two that compliments what Solo isn't as good at and you're absolutely right that we need to integrate Nowell at PG ASAP to protect against a Diarra injury while also setting us up for next year. I was completely on-board with seeing if Ross could grow into the stopper the team needs this year until I saw him up-close in person on Wednesday. IMO, he's not even close to being an effective player at either end of the floor and outside of a good defensive half against Gonzaga, it's not even like he's showing many flashes against decent competition to make you think the light is about to go on in any meaningful way. If Danny wants to give him a few minutes here and there, so be it but at this point I think Nowell, Mahaney and Stewart need to be taking all available minutes from spots 1 thru 4 [/QUOTE]