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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Everything is still relative. While we all wanted to see him explode offensively, he is still finding his groove playing center at the NCAA this season (was a winger last year), and Providence is a fairly weak offensive team. He doesn't have many players to play with that can generate offence well. I think it is safe to say his production would have been much higher if he was in Boston.
What Providence is giving him is great systems development, however. He should come out of that program being a very responsible center (which really lowers his bust potential), but will also inherit the #1 center role next year. Next year will be a much more telling year for him offensively, as he is more used to his role as a center, and he will have more offensive opportunities (and will also hopefully be a bit thicker so he can battle through the opposition's defence better).
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Weak offensive team is one thing, but being pretty much flat in production your second year is a bad sign. This supposed super talented kid should find a way. I wasn't expecting an explosion but I was hoping for a 25% bump.