Osun named Top 25 defender for 2022-2023 season
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This team is going to win a lot of games this year. Might not always be pretty, but the results are all that matters.
Seems unlikely that the offense can be better without Brockington and Hunter. But here is the case:
1. Better post up game with Osun and Ward vs Conditt. That doesn't take much since you're starting at basically zero. Also better at lobs and putbacks due to better rebounders there.
2. Gabe improves his jump shot a little or at least shot selection.
3. Grill hits in Hilton as well as he does on the road.
4. Tre King is a true stretch 4, and is a better combo there with Jazz than Enaruna was.
5. We get something out of Eli King as a FR.
6. Williams scores about as much as Hunter. Maybe not the same way, but 9ppg and 27% from 3 is not a huge hurdle. I doubt he facilitates as well.
7. Holmes turns into a poor man's Brockington and gets maybe 13ppg.
8. Live ball turnovers and blocked shots lead to more run outs.
Defensively, this is going to be an elite team. Great length, can switch almost every position. Offenses that live off pick and roll or high ball screens are not going to cause us issues. They are also going to be VERY Senior heavy, so experience is there. But they have very few guys that can create their own shot like Brockington and Hunter did. I also don't know that Osun or Ward can run the high post like Conditt did. So, TJ is going to have to change things up. They are going to have to grind out games unless someone like Grill gets hot. I'd guess it's going to be a rock fight every night. And they'll probably go through a lull like last year's team did halfway through the conference season just because guys are playing so hard every game.
There is no way Tyrese Hunter was a better defender than Gabe was.
