re: Let's dream for a moment

Ummmmm, because it means that either Watson or Pickett or both are legit and contributing. That would be ideally.

Ideally, that it would mean he could play 10 at the 3, meaning MPJ plays 30 and he could play 10 at the 4, meaning Jontay/Puryear are playing 30 and he could play 10 at the 2. That is 30 minutes of a 40 minute game. If he plays 10 at the 2, that means someone/combination of others is playing 30. Assuming Suggs and CVL are out, that means Watson and Pickett are playing 15 minutes or more.

Ideally, it gives you more depth all around if Watson and/or Pickett are legit and contribute right away.

Ideally, it allows you to move Santos around based on match ups.

I can keep going if you like on why it would be a good thing if Santos isn't a given to have more minutes at the 2 spot than either Watson or Pickett.

The Jontay/Puryear combo combined to play 50 minutes this season. So you’re thinking that it’s ideal that they play less next season?

I don’t see Pickett as having an impact as a freshman. And don’t think Watson is a plug and play guy. As a sophomore I think Watson will be good, but see him as a 20 minute or less player as a freshman.

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He's a decent ball handler, probably a bit better than Barnett but he's not a guard.

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If Cuonzo goes back to the offense used the first half of the year, there is very little difference in how the 2, 3 and usually the 4 are used.

Barnett showed that when he was locked in that he could defend the best perimeter players Mizzou faced. Santos is a similar type of athlete. Mizzou coaches think Santos has NBA potential.

That’s a pretty good breakdown, I would make a few edits. I would play Jontay 30 minutes. Geist is likely to get the wing minutes you have allocated to Pickett. Pickett’s recruiting ranking and rating were barely better than CVL and lower than Suggs the walkon.

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I would play Jontay 30 minutes.

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I would agree with that. I'm sure I would tweak it too. I literally did it off the cuff admittedly.

Probably right about Geist too. That was probably wishful thinking on my part because I'm just not a fan at all.

Geist has really been forced to play a position he wasn’t recruited for the last 2 seasons. KA said when Geist came that he was recruited to be a bench player that comes in to give energy, toughness and some defense. If the roster fills out as we would like that’s his role as a senior.

I hate to wake up from the dream but is there any chance that MPJ has slipped to 10 or lower in the draft? I doubt it. The lowest I have seen him projected is at 7.

If he were to drop out of the top 10, financially, he might be better off to play a year. Being a top 3 pick will make double or more what someone outside of the top 10 makes.

I've seen him anywhere from 3 to 7, so he has to give up billions to come back

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Let's dream for a moment

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can we not?

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He also seems like a kid who isn't going to make his decision based off of money.

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But even look at the money.

If (and it's a big if), he has dropped to a #10 pick, he makes roughly $10m in his first 3 years. If he stays and is a #1 pick, he makes $14.6m in his first two years ($22.8m in first 3). So on the same exact date 3 years from now, he potentially has more money in the bank by staying in college another year, much less the fact that his 3 year take is double being a #10 pick.

I suppose the argument could be made that the bigger money lost is in endorsements. But I think the same argument can be made that the endorsement deals for the #1 pick are double that of a #10 pick so it's a wash as well.

Problem with that entire line of thought is that the lowest projection I have seen is #7.

Post this in the thread "Let's dream for a moment" for a reason.