I am not sure I go with "much better" defender. Aidoo was SEC All-defense, and for good reason. Now, Aidoo certainly did have trouble with big, physical post players, but Felix seems like he might have, too, at times. Fortunately, there aren't that many of them in the 'AA, and we only seem to play 2-3 a year. If we can avoid them at tourney time, good on us.
Aidoo was a much more polished offensively, and used both his jump shot and his left hand effectively at times. I trust the coaches will at least be able to develop one go-to for Felix, and that might be all he needs this year. I suspect we want him to rebound on offense, and be a terror to drivers who get past pressure we apply on defense and challenge easy layups. We will look for scoring from Estrella in the post and from the shooters on the perimeter.
Seems like Felix is about as good a big as we could get in the portal to replace what we lost; I am glad he is on board, but Aidoo moving on was a loss. We may match Aidoo's production, we may even surpass it, but it was in no way an automatic portal "win" like it is when we replace players who rarely see the court.
This does seem win-win for both player and team. It will be interesting and fun to watch it develop.
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