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Let me be the first to say. Great article Nick. Thank you.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Nick Kranz

I kinda feel like the team could make a leap if we could ever unlock Brown. The guy can get to any spot on the court whenever he wants to like few Bears before him, but doesn't have any plan once he gets there. His FG and 3pt percentages are good, but he seldom shoots and is not much of a distributor at just over 3 assists/game. Too many minutes for too limited production.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Rob Hwang

Yeah, great article. In the immortal words of Denny Green: "Mark Fox is who we thought he is." Any explanation for Furd's sudden recruiting success? Not only did they get the Zaire, but they have a top 12 and two top 50 guys coming next year. Considering Haase has but one NIT invite in four years, seems odd that the program would become so attractive now. If not for the recruits, I'd guess Haase would be fighting for his job. I guess we could hope the same late recruiting bloom for Fox, but the trajectory of that Stanford program is such a curious outlier, it seems impossible to hope for.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Rob Hwang

Very nice analysis. Seems to sum up the current state of Cal basketball.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Rob Hwang

Great article Nick...thank you.

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Thanks Nick. We are the worst in the Pac because we have less talent than others. We are far, far too easy to defend. We have too few who can score inside the paint, or two point shots. And if you shut down our three point shots, we've lost, period. No one has to fear us driving to the basket, other than Bradley. Grant is quite versatile, and Kelly is solid but not Leon Powe. But what about the others? Only mediocre or worse in terms of Pac scoring or talent. I'm not knocking guys I root for, just saying that our stats show that we can't score enough to keep up. So this leads me back to recruiting. To Fox. If Fox doesn't bring in a solid class next year, and the year after, then I'm afraid he will have to move on. As much as I like his demeanor and the clean program and guys playing hard, we can't stay the worst in the league.

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a big question for me is: WHY IS OUR DEFENSE WORSE THAN LAST YEAR?

we lost Paris and South, both undersized guards who's defense was average at best (although Paris improved)

...and all the returners are in their second year of Fox's defensive system, and presumably stronger

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