Outstanding post there, dz. And I wholeheartedly agree with your larger point.
We simply don’t know how many true core players we have on D. At least beyond ‘19, anyway.
But I suspect that it’s smaller than we think it is.
Here’s a repeat of my list of “disappointing” ‘18 D players, and it’s a rather long one.
Brockers
Suh
Barron
Ebu
Longacre
Peters
Joyner
Four of those guys, maybe more, will likely not be here next season.
So our D “core” might be just the following::
AD
Fowler (Maybe)
Littleton (probably)
Talib
Peters
NRC
JJ
That’s just 5 for sure, and Talib and Peters are on one year leashes. With Fowler as a maybe and Littleton as a probable, IMO.
So, not really such a big core after all, huh?
Lots of work to be done on this D roster before next July, that’s for sure.
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