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An when is he gonna be back, I mean dang.

more of an injury over time. His knees broke down and he played through it last year. Had surgery in the offseason and then had setbacks.

Maymon doesn't fix what ails us now.. But he certainly would help.. Stokes was getting double teamed and triple teamed all night.. With another threat like Maymon down low, defenses couldn't be completely keyed in on Stokes.. They'd have to respect Maymon as well.. This would give Stokes more chances to post up and go one on one with a defender.. But what we are really missing is someone out on the perimeter who we can iso and allow him create his own shot... I watched Robert Hubbs play last weekend and trust me, he will solve that problem.. He's a star.. I just hope Stokes is still around next year too

Thank you, Wes! I appreciate your attention to detail!

We need maymon back big time. Just the fact alone that they can take away from the amount of times that they double and triple team Stokes. Still need better shooting from the perimeter but Maymon being back still helps. And when he is back I think this team has an opportunity to do something very special.

The earliest we're likely to see him is vs. Xavier on 12/29 or Memphis on 1/04.

Worst case scenario is a medical redshirt, but I doubt he'd take one unless he couldn't play until March.

Although he doesn't fix everything he does fix the biggest problem we had tonight. He is a big, tough high post that is bet good with the ball in his hands in the middle of a zone at the free throw line. This zone was the longest we faced since Louisville in the NCAA tourney when C-LO couldn't get a shot off. Getting the ball in the middle of a zone give easier shots to your perimeter players. Those guys were challenged all night because we had no dribble penetration and needed a Maymon in the middle.

+1 Stokes is an absolute beast inside but when he's getting double and triple teamed it's hard for him to do much. This team is average without Maymon. If we can get him back we have a chance to do something special this year but I think we all know that already.