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(03-08-2021 05:07 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

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(03-07-2021 06:05 PM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(03-06-2021 04:40 PM)CalODUFan Wrote:  That assumes Curry, Ezikpe and Trice agree to come back and not go elsewhere.

Why would Kalu leave early? Is he on pace to graduate early?

With the upcoming (pending, but most-likely) approval for a one-time transfer waiver, which will allow student-athletes to play right away, Kalu could potentially transfer regardless of his graduation status.

If Curry and Trice (and maybe X) return, Wade comes back at full strength and Kalu stays, (God forbid he leaves. Hadn't even considered that. He's my favorite player), I think we will be pretty good too. But, I thought that this year as well. And if every other team returns the same pieces, like we hope to, I don't really see why we would finish much better than we did this year. The addition of Wade would bring us back to full strength, and maybe he is the missing piece between finishing fourth and finishing first.

I'm not sure how much better Wade makes the current group. It is not to say that Wade is not a very good player, he is, but sometimes it is about pieces. This team has succeeded because it shoots better than most JJ teams. If you insert Wade and take minutes primarily from Oliver and Hunter, then the team probably is not better because they become a significantly worse shooting team. If you insert Wade and take minutes primarily from Green, Reece, Trice, then the team might be a bit better because you add a guy who is dynamic on the defensive end and get score around the rim in multiple ways. It is interesting how a team dynamic works, in that inserting a significantly better overall player into your lineup does not necessarily mean that you make the team better.

Wade being healthy is a big if either way. But, this isn't really a good ODU shooting team under "jones." this is the 3rd worst shooting team they have had under Jones.

Unless Hunter improves on his shooting in the off season, there isn't much of a difference between him and Wade. Hunter is shooting 30% this year from 3.

If Wade is healthy, he greatly improves the team as he is a very efficient scorer that greatly helps the defense. The teams defense stinks this year (relatively speaking).