re: 2018-19 Alabama Basketball Season Thread (15 days to go)

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My very lukewarm take is that Riley and AJ JR probably both catch too much shite. Both are solid-ish players that have obvious limitations, but neither kill us. They aren’t, for example, dumb players or questionable work ethic players.

It’s not like AJ is Ben Eblen (also not dumb or lazy to be fair to him) and it’s not like Riley is ....why can’t I think of a white wing that recently played for us?

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I can understand that and it's probably true. He's an end of the bench player on a decent high-major team. I feel like people get too triggered by the word "nepotism". If people don't think a sub-6 foot, 35% FG% Avery Jr. sliding over to the 2-guard when Collin Sexton or even Dazon Ingram was in the game isn't in the least bit a result of being the coach's son, I don't know what to say. That's pretty much what he was for much of the season: a very under-sized 2-guard.