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Message: [QUOTE="Matrim55, post: 1978577, member: 3376"] This is why I want postgrads at those two spots. We know that Mobley and Delph (to pick two names from the list) can excel or at least contribute at the college level, and do so from Day 1. Imagine if we had next year's returning players, plus Gibbs to play off of Adams and Miller to play the 4. We'd all take that in a heartbeat, right? And then if things go well in 2017/18 we lose those two guys, plus Adams & Larrier to the draft. That would leave us with the following scholarship grid for the 2018-19 season: PG: Gilbert (RS-So), MAL (So) SG: Vital (Jr) SF: Jackson (Jr), Polley (So) PF: Durham (Jr), Diarra (RS-So) C: Enoch (Sr), Carleton (So) That, above, would be the first legitimately experienced & balanced roster Ollie has had since the title team -- one where there's depth and knowhow at each position, so that there wouldn't have to be late-in-the-recruiting-process shots at postgrads, transfers, jucos, et al. Now let's add a reasonable 2018 recruiting class to it: PG: Jahvon Quinerly (#28 overall, Jersey City) SG: AJ Reeves (#75 overall, Boston) C: Emmanuel Dowuona (#220 overall, Miami) That means we'd enter the 2018-19 season with 12 players, eight of which were consensus 4-star players. We'd finally have something approaching the veteran spine of highly rated players that were the foundation of our consistently great teams from 1994 to 2006, as well as the room to take a swing at 5-stars like Cam Reddish or Simi Shittu in the class of '18. If we land one of those guys, awesome. If we don't, it's not devastating at all. In short: It's been a long road back to stability. I think we need a couple of more band-aids this spring, but then a solid 2018 class (and some good health for a change) will get us back to where we want to be. [/QUOTE]

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