Before the preseason began, I ventured into the perilous task of a 53-man roster projection.
At that moment in time, Kevin O’Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah didn’t know how the roster was going to look. After all, there’s a reason why teams still participate in the largely meaningless preseason: the games (and practices scattered between) function as critical parts of the evaluation. My task was bound to fail, at least to a certain extent, without being able to see these games and practices.
Well, the trio of games are in the books. There were expected stars (Ivan Pace) and unexpected stars (NaJee Thompson).