(11-01-2024 01:17 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote: American Conference Preview: Can Memphis pull it together?
https://www.midmajormadness.com/2024/10/...y-hardaway
Is it just me or does this Memphis team just not seem that scary?
Last year's team actually scared me. They were top 10 at one point, David Jones could drop 30 on you easily at any time, Quinerly was talented and could go off, and they had a ton of length and depth. They had all the tools to be one of the vintage, scary, Memphis teams. They just lacked cohesion and COACHING.
This year, they obviously still have the coaching issue at the top, but their players and roster just aren't as scary. Maybe I'm living in the past too much - but Rogers and Haggerty are good, but they aren't Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans, Rodney Carney, CDR, even David Jones, etc, level of GOOD to GREAT.
Their forwards/centers all scored/rebounded in the 8/6 range from middling to decent teams. Not overly impressive or scary. They all seem to be purely post players, with abysmal ft shooting numbers and no outside presence whatsoever.
The guy from Texas scored 11 points per game. Again, not overly impressive.
They don't seem to have any consistent outside shooting, outside of Rogers.
I don't know - on paper, they just don't scare me as much as Memphis teams usually do. Which probably means they will run rampant.
I honestly think our talent level is just as good, if not better.
They will be a good team, no doubt, but to say that "they have the talent to win the conference easily," like this article does, just seems disingenuous.
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