Are there some good prospects for next season?
Do you think the team will be stronger or weaker than this season?
of the 11 players who are currently called up there are some solid raw prospects.
18's: Phatudi has the ability to be something special. Mugabi also coild develop into a nice player. but with both of them it will be the tail end of next season until they have progressed enough to be viable. both however provide needed frontcourt presence.
19's: makhanya could be a great defensive stopper and probably will see significant time on that alone.
young needs serious attention to become viable.
fritsma shows the potential to be a beast down low.
tshuma needs lot of attention and his potential is somewhat limited.
20's: here is naturally where we will find our answers short term.
makana is coming along, will need work in primaries but should be a major contributor.
mase is showing signs of being a stopper down low.
jaga and johnson both have never developed beyond his initial potential and probably never will.
mamoepa is our outside threst and is also turning into a excellent defender. i see the offense going thru him next season.
but will we better or worse?? hard to say, no we will not have the same overall offensive potential that has been on display at times this season, but mamoepa might well mske a lot of that up on his own! defensively we may be better, but other offensive options must develop. this season we lacked inside presence, next season we might regain some. in terms of wins and losses i fully expect next season to be more fruitful as we will face lighter competition. so i think we will compete for a shot at worlds but as to if we can overtake the Egyptians is another matter altogether as that guy has his farm system firmly in place while our methods are more free form. and i hope a couple of high end prospects will come out of the pipeline to help us along as time goes on, there is always a diamond in the rough i find every season, but its up to the managers to shine those pieces up.
as for the balance of this campaign hopefully i can coax some wins in the scrimmages we book the rest of the way to send the current class out on a high note.