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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
I still think this team's peak level was better than every other team, but we never saw it that often. About halfway through the season it just became apparent this team was missing something. You kept expecting it to click, but it never did. Call it a consistent intensity/focus level or just that desire to be great, but it wasn't like other Self teams in that regard. And that was even with Embiid. It's a shame to lose to an inferior team, but I think everyone (OK, maybe not BL) had already braced themselves for this one a long time ago. It's not crushing in the least, at least not by our usual standards.
I'm just glad I got to see a little bit of Wiggins and Embiid's development before they go on to be great players for the next decade plus.
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We were missing a real leader. Add just one of these guys to this year's team, and we could have been great:
Taylor, Robinson, Collins, Releford.
These guys were leaders. Tharpe is a joke. Black tried to be a leader, but not having played at KU before this year, it was hard for him to be seen by so many new players as a real leader.