Re: Thompson leaving Duke

"Edward M. Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Erik T. Nomad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Disappointing news indeed.  I thought he played very well in limited
minutes
> > against Liberty the other night -- really did show some nice moves to
the
> > basket.
> >
> > I don't think it will hurt our depth in the paint *too* badly since
Shav's
> > stepped up and we can count on Shelden...
>
> We start three guards, and that's counting Deng as
> a forward.  Shavlik is their only decent backup.
> That's not depth, that's a glaring weakness.  I've
> been hoping Melchionni would come along, but
> he doesn't play very "tall" anyway.

If we won the title with Casey Sanders as a backup, I'm not too concerned.
Going eight deep reliably (Duhon, Dockery, Ewing, Redick, Melchionni, Deng,
Shelden, Horvath) even if most are on the perimeter isn't too bad
considering we've got six guys who can nail a 3.  (Well, five if you ask
Sam.)  Melchionni won't play a ton, but he'll be good to give Deng a rest
for 5 to 10 a game.

> > Horvath sucks, but he's good for
> > five fouls, at least.
>
> Five *hard* fouls.  I hate it when real beef gets those
> ticky-tacky fouls.  The scary part is that we will need
> Horvath against some teams.

What for?  To solve highly complex Newtonian physics?

E