re: It sounds like Will Wade got Daryl Edwards...

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I agree a full roster is always nice to have. However the fact is that most coaches only go 8, maybe 9, deep when they give out playing time. So when players get injured or kicked off the team it only matters if they are one of the studs, not one of the duds.

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But think about it. Are you more likely to find 8-9 capable players in a group of 13 or a group of 11? Again, you're handicapping yourself right off the bat not keeping a full scholarship roster on hand.

We had 11 scholarship players when Victor got kicked off last season, because Johnny Jones decided it wasn't worth adding a 13th scholarship player to start the season. On top of that, a pretty common thing happened, a player was injured and couldnt be relied upon most of the year. That was Jenkins which really meant we were left with 10 scholarship players. Now, consider the fact of those 10 scholarship players left, 3 of them were ER III, Bridgewater and Hayward, guys so bad, the walk ons were even better options at times. So really it's like we had just 7 scholarship players to give us any hope of quality game minutes.

You see how bad that is? You say we need 8-9 capable guys but with injury and a player kicked off we had 7. If we had 1 more guy on the roster, it's possible we could have had 8 capable guys instead of only 7.

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Not a good idea to draft a marginal player just to have a full roster if he is a freshman. Sure you can take away the scholarship later but I hate to see that done. I don't see how you can build team chemistry if everyone knows that if they don't do something to stand out they may be saying bye bye at the end of the season.

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The idea is to get 1 year grad transfers to fill these voids or even a JUCO guy. They will only spend 1 or 2 years max here. Still, you should always go out and find a decent freshmen if for whatever reason you cant find the above 2, because they will have a MUCH better shot of giving you quality minutes than a guy who just walks on to the team...it shouldnt be a trend though. You should easily be able to find a grad trasnfer or JUCO capable of filling a quick void over having to just grab a low 3-star freshman with practically no offers.

And yeah, it would suck to tell a guy like Hayward to kick rocks after a year or two...but at the same time you have very limited scholarship roster spots and you have to win. If you build up a roster with multiple bad scholarship players, how are you going to dig your way out? Sometimes you have to be the "Bad guy" to win. Basketball sees the most transfers of anyone too, it's like a free agency every off-season. Over 700 players transferred last year. 125 of those were grad transfers eligible immediately and only had a year left.