HuskyHawk
The triumphant return of the Blues Brothers.
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Well we will find out.Yeah, we disagree. Of course offense is a concern with what we have returning right now. That's why Hurley and staff aren't close to finished constructing this team.
We lost 41 ppg with our three starters gone from this season and 45 ppg of our NCAA tournament scoring gone with those three starters. So far we've replaced them with two starters who averaged 6.5 ppg and 5.7 ppg and you want that third starter to be Jayden Ross who averaged 4.6 ppg on the season 4.0 ppg in over 20 minutes per game in the 6 NCAA tournament games or by Landrew who doesn't have the rep of our past three star freshmen. No thanks. I don't think Hurley sees it that way either.
I think it's a bit disingenuous to label Ross at 4 ppg. He wasn't 4 ppg when he actually got in, especially later in the year after he gained confidence in his shot. You also seem to be penciling in Mullins for the 12 he got last year. I think he's BEPOY and 1st team AA and gets closer to 18. Nik was behind Cam Boozer who had one of the highest usage rates in the country. He's not a 5.7 a game guy in our offense where he'll be featured. If Hurley thought that, he wouldn't be here. Can he completely replace Karaban? I hope he doesn't play that many minutes honestly, we overused AK. So we do need another 4. I'd love to see us bring in a 5 behind Hines that can actually score. That's my main concern. A pure defense and rebounding 5 does present offensive concerns.
You're also completely discounting Junior County who comes in as the #6/8 SG in the class. Jordan Hawkins was #12. County can absolutely shoot and score. I expect a similar impact from him.