Thompson and Gafford

And Hall was the MVP with 24/13 in State Champ game against Garland.

Very underrated, probably get a nice bump in final rankings update. Improved so much.

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if Barford and Macon come back we will be extremely good next year.

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God I hope they do. For their sakes and ours.

I think Barford is going. They pulled him off the court like the seniors on Senior night. I think Mike already knows.

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I hear gafford is a good in the paint at everything except creating his own offense.

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Watched him during the state final. Gafford is raw but has all the physical tools. He has a decent skill set but really needs some college coaching to polish his game. I think he is a project player but the ability is there. He should be a very good player once he develops.

Gafford is an athletic big that is a rebounding machine. Will get a lot of garbage baskets from hustle and putbacks.
He's raw offensively but his athleticism will get him on the court early.

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What about the guards and SF? I really think we're going to miss Dusty's shooting.

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IMO Hall is badly underrated. He's going to be immediate help. He's not an outstanding shooter, but he's good enough to make teams respect him. With his athleticism that's all he needs.

Hannahs has gotten a lot better at creating his own shot. I've actually been impressed with his ability to get to the basket against defenders. Granted it's not as good as Macon or Barford, but he's shown some ability, and his shot fake has allowed him that extra split second to get the defender off balance so he can get to the basket.

In any case, he's a lot better than a lot of other pure shooters I remember (i.e. Rotnei Clarke).

Also, speaking of Hannahs, did anyone see this?

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If you look at the bottom, ESPN made a mistake and said Hannahs was on Florida.

Yeah. I'm his sister's cousin's hairdresser's uncle's great grand-uncle twice removed.