We have our athletic bigs locked up. Guys who can get around the court and defend, rebound, and block. I would not say we have a lot of OBVIOUS offensive skill as of right now after this year. Yes...we do have some hope for Brooks and Diarra to be able to score at a reasonable rate...but perhaps not like Clark and Washington. Our biggest selling point is perhaps a skilled offensive big with not a lot of quality on the board in recruits this year.
We have 2 veteran PG's and a new recruit. A new PG recruit would likely have to wait at least 1 year to start and that's if he can beat Johnson out for the starting role. Some players would rather go somewhere where the road to playing time or starting seems a little more clear to them.
We have 2 veteran high quality wings and 2 guys who will have a year under their belt by the time a new recruit comes in. The veterans are studs and not exactly likely to leave for NBA after this year. A new recruit will likely have to wait one year to start and compete with guys like Williams and Moore as well.
Playing time is a hard sell for anyone that is not a high quality scoring big right now. It's not a perfect situation for our recruiting. I thought we could sell the new arena and always being in the dance...but most of these kids want to see a clear path to playing time. A confident player may not worry as much about it...but how many of those are out there?
