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  1. Denny Crane

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    To answer my own question :)

    11 points, 15 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks per game. He pulled down a summer league record 22 rebounds in one game.
     
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    My take home from summer league is that it's clear McDermott has an elite stroke and he should be able to use that from day 1. He also moves well without the ball and makes decisions very quickly so his game should fit w/in a structured offense. He also didn't get eaten alive on defense when he had to guard NBA players (his performance against Shabazz Muhammed sticks out in my mind).

    It remains to be seen how long it'll take him to adjust to the speed of the NBA game (I suspect his spot up shooting will be fine right away but other elements will take time), his ability to competently execute Thibs' schemes, and whether or not some of the other parts to his game will carry over against NBA competition.

    I think he'll have a good rookie year.
     
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    Yeah, I feel pretty good about his chances to succeed this season. In college, every single opponent's first priority was defending McDermott. While the quality of the athletes he'll face is taking a quantum leap, he won't have anywhere near the level of attention focused on him. I think that these two will balance.
     
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    Yeah, Alcorn State must have had their hands full focusing on stopping him.
     
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    As the kids said in the early years of the new millenium, LOL.
     
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    It was meant to achieve a chuckle.

    I checked. Creighton had the 22nd hardest strength of schedule based upon opponents' win/loss record. They played 20+ times against teams ranked 50 or worse.
     
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    They were in the Big East. They had to beat hell out of my DePaul Blue Demons two or three times which can play havoc with any team's SOS.
     

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