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<blockquote data-quote="YlJacket" data-source="post: 376735" data-attributes="member: 2784"><p>No one in the fold as of now (Cole, Wright, AD or what I know of Sjolund) would appear to have the rim protector abilities of Lammers. That is a huge part of our defense and will be really hard to replace. The corollary is that next year with a perimeter of Josh, Phillips, Jose and Haywood it appears we will be stronger defensively on the perimeter which can make up for lesser rim protection.</p><p></p><p>Of the 4 my expectation is that AD will be the best at defending a true center on the block. A UNC type of attack or Duke this year. I worry about Wright or Sjolund doing that for a few years to get stronger. For a VT type of attack I don't worry about this dynamic nearly as much given that they will run 4 or 5 out most of the time and these guys fit right in. </p><p></p><p>On offense, I do think that Ben can be "replaced" to a certain extent with a stretch 4 type as that is essentially how he scores now. He is not a grinder off the block. If AD is the major minutes at the 5 then no he won't replace them. </p><p></p><p>So next year without Wilt Chamberlain coming in off the grad transfer wire, I expect a reasonable decline in both defense and scoring from the 5 spot that will hopefully both be offset by a much better perimeter group and an improvement in the 4 spot as our younguns grow up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YlJacket, post: 376735, member: 2784"] No one in the fold as of now (Cole, Wright, AD or what I know of Sjolund) would appear to have the rim protector abilities of Lammers. That is a huge part of our defense and will be really hard to replace. The corollary is that next year with a perimeter of Josh, Phillips, Jose and Haywood it appears we will be stronger defensively on the perimeter which can make up for lesser rim protection. Of the 4 my expectation is that AD will be the best at defending a true center on the block. A UNC type of attack or Duke this year. I worry about Wright or Sjolund doing that for a few years to get stronger. For a VT type of attack I don't worry about this dynamic nearly as much given that they will run 4 or 5 out most of the time and these guys fit right in. On offense, I do think that Ben can be "replaced" to a certain extent with a stretch 4 type as that is essentially how he scores now. He is not a grinder off the block. If AD is the major minutes at the 5 then no he won't replace them. So next year without Wilt Chamberlain coming in off the grad transfer wire, I expect a reasonable decline in both defense and scoring from the 5 spot that will hopefully both be offset by a much better perimeter group and an improvement in the 4 spot as our younguns grow up. [/QUOTE]
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