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Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard
Not trying to put words in others mouths. But the thought is that relying on Dick to do majority of the scoring from the perimeter leaves the offense rather vulnerable. Having Rice expand the offense on the perimeter provides a lot more comfort from that fear.
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Exactly. I'm not saying this team is going to miss the tourney or something if Rice isn't good. But I think the difference between this team being a potential 2022 version rather than 2021 rests on his shoulders. This team has a number of similarities to the 2021/2022 team, namely that you are never really going to be sure what we get out of the 5 spot from night to night and we have some guys that can score some, but also disappear. Scoring is going to be an issue at times. Rice being that additional scorer like Remy is key. Obviously he won't be the same type of scorer, but they need additional options. Of course I hope Pettiford really comes on strong and gives us some scoring there too, but we haven't seen it yet. He seems more like Harris where passing and defense are his calling cards rather than Mason or Collins who look to score.