whitakk
Masters Student
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Age: 33
Reg: 11-11-14
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01-26-18 11:12 AM - Post#244699
In response to bradley
Princeton has been particularly good at (a) finding players who fit its system, and (b) maybe more importantly, adjusting to play up those players' strengths. Weisz and Cook especially fit this dynamic -- I'm not sure they would have been legit POY candidates on any other team.
On top of that, familiarity really does matter -- Wesiz, Cook, Bell, Miller had been the core for three full years, and we saw how that paid off on defense especially.
This year, Princeton is one of the most "talented" teams by any measure. Their rookie class was either the league's highest rated or very close, plus Bell and Cannady were three-stars as you mentioned, and then Stephens is undeniably talented (pretty much the whole league was chasing him even if he didn't rate so high nationally). So almost everyone in the rotation has some sort of pedigree.
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