jackwagon wrote:6. Bradley- what a recruiting job! The ceiling is much higher for this group but with no key pieces returning its hard to go much higher than this. Walt Lemon for all of his critics was a very good all around player who was on a crappy team. Pickett was solid too and will be missed.
Lemon is a very quick, very talented player and if he had an extra year of eligibility this year's team might be challenging for the title. He's a natural 2 guard who was asked to run the offense because Maniscalco left and the transfer PG Geno took from Wake was a bust. Lack of talent around him, over deference to him and I think over confidence led to him taking the lion's share of our shots, many of them forced and ill advised, and sometimes our games turned into Walt NBA tryouts. His 115 turnovers I think led the league, and he only shot 29% from the arc, so asking him to be the man and run the offense through him didn't play to his strengths and proved not to be a winning recipe. IMO, by asking him to do too much and not surrounding him with adequate talent he could trust, Bradley failed him more than he failed Bradley. It's a shame these highly rated recruits are all coming in after he leaves. They could open the driving lanes for him and give him assist options all over the court. The good news is I think his position is the only one where we don't upgrade. Hopefully these JUCO guards we're bringing in aren't too big of a dropoff.
Pickett was a solid player but Shaw is an upgrade. Pickett would play 10-15 min on next year's team, spelling Shaw.
Prosser wouldn't find any minutes this year behind Taylor and Morgan.