I agree...[as of late] we lose key players to injuries every year...🤔
it truly is a double edge sword
too many with no injuries and it's exodus at the end of the year (unless you finish top 10)
too few with injuries and you have limited and weaker deep bench
This is where coaching comes in at its peak
Pat Summitt lost very few to early departure during her run
The "evil genius" kept nearly all of his connies intact even though he most often went 7-9 deep
Of course, the ease of which it is now to enter the portal wasn't prevalent