Three years ago, in Spring 2017, D.J. Wilson had put his name in the NBA Draft and the strong hope here was that either he would withdraw and return or, if he didn’t, that Iggy would enroll a year early. When neither happened, there was near-total consensus that our ceiling had dropped significantly and a potential national-championship contender was going to be something less.
Instead, the next year we won more games than ever in program history and made it all the way to Monday night.
What does that tell us about next season? Certainly nothing definite. But it should at least tell us that roster composition isn’t a simple matter of addition and subtraction. It seems obvious that failing to add a good player would lower the team’s ceiling, but the reality is a lot more complicated.
Will we be worse without Christopher than we would have been with him? Maybe. Will we be just as good? Maybe. Could we actually be even better? Maybe. There’s really nothing to do except wait and see.
Instead, the next year we won more games than ever in program history and made it all the way to Monday night.
What does that tell us about next season? Certainly nothing definite. But it should at least tell us that roster composition isn’t a simple matter of addition and subtraction. It seems obvious that failing to add a good player would lower the team’s ceiling, but the reality is a lot more complicated.
Will we be worse without Christopher than we would have been with him? Maybe. Will we be just as good? Maybe. Could we actually be even better? Maybe. There’s really nothing to do except wait and see.
