Waters , Mayes, Reid , Smart, Taylor, Williams , Days

I would say he has played himself into some coin this year.

I would throw Reid into that comment also. That Tennessee game would've been real easy for Reid to be selfish and get down on himself. He didn't score or rebound particularly well. But, he hustled his butt off and kept playing hard and unselfish ball.

In fact, I think Wade has the whole team playing that way. I've been very impressed. Was real impressed by Smart not trying to score 25+ last night and just being a team player. Would've been real easy for him to come out thinking he was the man after the Tennessee game and trying to do too much.

Mays*

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If his hands get better and he gets stronger, he’s an NBA center.

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Coach Wade said they’ve had KBW doing hand strengthening exercises.

KBW and Reid's willingness to attack the offensive glass is one of the biggest reasons this team is where they are now. At the beginning of the season Reid was passing in trying to get rebounds. Not anymore.

This is an average to below average shooting team. But they can win games they probably shouldn't simply because of second chance points and being second...in the nation...in FT's made per game.

Dude has 7 double-doubles in SEC play IIRC. It's hard to properly quantify just how important he has been to this team's progress. Our rebounding was a clear glaring issue early on and he and Reid (and others - Days, Williams, even Taylor, Mays and Tremont) have done an outstanding job of stepping up in that area.