One of the biggest factors in Toppin's favor is that he's one of Grant's guys. Going into this season, I failed to realize how important that distinction would end up being. Crutcher, Davis, Landers, Svoboda buying in and practicing/playing hard; Cunningham a stud; Toppin a Grant recruit. The others are questionable as to their buy-in factor: Crosby (maybe he just can't put it all together), Xman, Pierce, and possibly Kostas.
We definitely should target a Big if Kostas isn't in the long-term plan of Grant's Flyers...
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