Who would you call a dependable "scorer" on this team? Halliburton obviously, and probably Bolton, but that's about it.
That's not enough IMO. We needed Zion to take much bigger step up, but he hasn't. Lewis has never developed into a contributor. I think Tre can become a "scorer" for us, but that will take time.
Our outside shooting has been terrible, but at least is showing some signs of life.
We need a lot more rebounding out of Solo IMO.
I do think people have been too hard on MJ on here though. He's basically averaging 8 pts and 8 rebs per game and is hitting 39% from 3. He's going up against guys that are always bigger than him too.
I also do like how this team has played.... they do try hard and hustle, etc. They don't block out like they should, which is total lack of effort, but outside of that I can't say they haven't given good effort.
I think the ceiling for this team is a double digit seed in the NCAA tourney, but probably more likely a good seed in the NIT IMO. We just don't have the talent and shooting necessary. And I'm not sure with what we will be losing, combined with what is coming in, if next year will be much better? We'll have nobody to replace Haliburton, and no real shooters coming in next year either. If you think teams are packing it in against us this year, wait until next year.