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[wadesworld]

I'm getting a chuckle that you don't understand how the situations were completely different. Just compare Hamilton's and Williams' sophomore year stats and you can see how.

So when people were saying "we're really arguing over 90 seconds" when saying Hamilton is in line for 10 mpg and others pointed out he played 8.5 mpg over the last 19 games of the season, and now 90 seconds less than that (what EW averaged his sophomore year, while starting 11 games) is wildly different that Caedin?

Shaka overestimated what Caedin could be last year.  He had him in the starting lineup when he never should have been.  He realized that and, despite the fact that we only had Ben Gold, Royce Parham, and Josh Clark to compete for minutes with, Caedin only 8.5 mpg over the last 19 games.  That includes two games where one of Ben/Royce was out with injury.

The counterpoint to that is "Well he played in the first half!"  Yet EW is a bad counterpoint as a starter because he played...what was deemed as an immaterial amount of time less than what CH did over the last 19 games of the year?

Okay, I guess!

The reality is, Shaka went into the offseason and targeted a starting 5 and had Sheek signed up to return.  I know JayBee is just doing schtick to get the rise out of people with anxiety over this that we're seeing, but Shaka didn't go into this offseason thinking, "Hey, we're in a great spot with Caedin."  It's very clear he knew we needed an upgrade there.  And the good news?  He got one!  One that is much better than Ben Gold was, and Royce will be a year older and hopefully stronger going into next season.

Of course it'd be nice to have another backup big.  Someone like, say, Sheek Pearson on the roster.  Like I've said, we can't bemoan Shaka for not playing the portal game, and then get mad when the portal game bites us once we jump into it.

[#UnleashThePortal]

So when people were saying "we're really arguing over 90 seconds" when saying Hamilton is in line for 10 mpg and others pointed out he played 8.5 mpg over the last 19 games of the season, and now 90 seconds less than that (what EW averaged his sophomore year, while starting 11 games) is wildly different that Caedin?

Shaka overestimated what Caedin could be last year.  He had him in the starting lineup when he never should have been.  He realized that and, despite the fact that we only had Ben Gold, Royce Parham, and Josh Clark to compete for minutes with, Caedin only 8.5 mpg over the last 19 games.  That includes two games where one of Ben/Royce was out with injury.

The counterpoint to that is "Well he played in the first half!"  Yet EW is a bad counterpoint as a starter because he played...what was deemed as an immaterial amount of time less than what CH did over the last 19 games of the year?

Okay, I guess!

The reality is, Shaka went into the offseason and targeted a starting 5 and had Sheek signed up to return.  I know JayBee is just doing schtick to get the rise out of people with anxiety over this that we're seeing, but Shaka didn't go into this offseason thinking, "Hey, we're in a great spot with Caedin."  It's very clear he knew we needed an upgrade there.  And the good news?  He got one!  One that is much better than Ben Gold was, and Royce will be a year older and hopefully stronger going into next season.

Of course it'd be nice to have another backup big.  Someone like, say, Sheek Pearson on the roster.  Like I've said, we can't bemoan Shaka for not playing the portal game, and then get mad when the portal game bites us once we jump into it.

Back up centers no matta. Or so seems to be the new narrative.

[wadesworld]

Back up centers no matta. Or so seems to be the new narrative.

Not nearly as much as a number of posters on here are making them out to matta.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

^^^ the courage to make a "prediction" that although very unlikely, there's a chance is truly amazing. Kudos!

You've become a caricature of a caricature at this point.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

They don't call him alarmingly stupid for nothing.

The only people here that think I'm stupid are actual stupid people, like yourself. 

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Back up centers no matta. Or so seems to be the new narrative.

No one's said that.