…bad as Lovering was, Keita couldn’t take the starting job away from him. During that 13 game stretch in the conference season when they tried to start Keita it wasn’t Carlson who went to the bench, it was Lovering. Utah went 6-7 during that stretch and they moved Keita back to the bench and brought Lovering back to the starting lineup.

Could be that he starts because of the defensive versatility he brings but a history of foul issues could impact his minutes. If you look at his efficiency ratings on EvanMiya last year he wasn’t that big of an impact for Utah and was near the bottom of their rotation players. Both he and Fouss will get a lot of minutes because of our lack of depth at the 5.

I agree that once again this team is underrated and agree we’ll be better than they think. Top 5 is a reasonable expectation imo.