the next up to fill that sorta scoring role in the backcourt. I really think besides Demin, he's the only one capable of giving us a somewhat similarly dynamic offensive game to Lanier. Defensively, Baker's no Lanier — but he'll hang with the quicker guards quite a bit better than Knell.

Between Hall, Crawford, Baker & Demin, we DO have the ball-handlers to better accommodate Knell & Richie this season. Which is a luxury we didn't have last season.

And yet we also have a lot more talent overall this season than last. This is how I expect the minutes rankings in our backcourt to look something like this season:

1. Demin
2(t). Hall
2(t). Baker
2(t). Saunders
3. Knell OR Crawford.