No one sees that happening with these players. Take Khalid El-Amin, for instance. National championship point guard and all, he's seen by most basketball insiders as an inconsistent head case with the cockiness quotient of Deion Sanders and the body fat of Ricki Lake. He's as good a winner as there is in the country, as good a winner as anyone I've ever had. I truly believe he can have a better offensive year, for himself and for us, than he had last year.
People can say what they want.
And our team will be just about as good as last year, I guarantee it. Kevin Freeman, the ultimate undersized overachiever who was the real glue of the championship team last year. Freeman is the kind of guy who tends to add another dimension or six to his game during every off-season. This year, as the projected full-time small forward, he's working on his outside stuff. It's a change, for sure.