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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3956601, member: 9844"] We could be getting ahead of ourselves to the extent that many expect the starters to be the same, whether that means Nika or Aaliyah as the 5th starter. Everyone agrees that the level of very high quality depth extends well past just the expected rotation. That makes us better but how much better? If the style stays the same and the rotation remains pretty short you replace Anna in the rotation with say Azzi. That's a big upgrade for one of the three bench players in the rotation, not a monumental increase. True we could sustain and cover injuries very well with a ton of talent on standby, but to make a huge leap many of the newcomers need to replace the minutes of returning starters, or leap over them in the rotation. Yes I know the freshmen should improve, and logically we get quite a bit of internal improvement, and we had a championship contender before those improvements. The floor for next year's team might be the number 1 ranked contender going in, even if changes in lineups and rotations are minimal. But to really be "bad for basketball" we would have to separate ourselves from the other top teams. The ceiling might be if we can justify pressing, fast-breaking and using at least 10 players, even against the very good teams. Where Dorka (or Cardoso) might beat out Liv. Where Nika, Crystyn, or Evina has to sit for Azzi, and maybe one more of them for Carolyn etc. If a few of players like Nika, Crystyn, Liv and Evina are part of the second unit because they were beaten out, then Geno wanting to go at least 10 deep should be an easy decision and we will truly be bad for basketball. I don't know what will happen but see those two scenarios as being pretty close to the floor (which is very high) and the ceiling, which is very bad for basketball. [/QUOTE]

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