What disappointed most was the lack of effort. The players weren’t even trying to play together. Chaunce was forcing up shots left and right. Coleman a little as well. They look like they could care less and are only focused on getting their shots up. Do they also not realize they are being paid to play basketball. I have seen people with way harder jobs being paid substantially less give more effort. Just a disaster all around. I think Coach has lost the team. This is not just an NIL issue. There needs to be a total change about how we evaluate players. You can miss on a few players but not the majority of the roster. You know why Bediako worked out so well. He came from a winning program and showed improvement. Manny, Prince, Toumi, Jenkins, Scotty(they did improve down the line), Zion all came from teams that had poor seasons. You can’t build an entire roster with players like that. You take out whatever we are paying Manny, Prince, Toumi that’s probably enough for a serviceable big. Maybe you don’t take back Wusu or spend on Zion, and Garwey that money probably gets you a PG. You fill in the rest with whomever you can afford but at least you have a decent starting lineup.
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