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Russians go Rush-in away from Heat

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I can see Art Chaos being a massive contender for the PSP title next year. Will be interesting to see how Heat will cope without them, and what other roster changes will be made over the off-season!
 
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Art Chaos is quickly becoming one of my favourite teams at the minute...good to see mishka going back, for me he was kind of a staple players for them, his lasered luxe was sexy as hell :D

2014 is going to be interesting, lets see how heat sorts out there roster!
 
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I think Heat will do fine without them. Its a big loss, but Heat has one of the best benches in the PSP.

Been wondering what effect Art Chaos' move into the PSP will have on RL though. A fair few of those guys have played on Art Chaos over the years.

I think if Berdnikov was to migrate to Art Chaos, RL will suffer much worse than Heat. They are a far more brittle team right now and still in a rebuild. After just loosing Kirill to that injury, loosing Maloy would be devastating. Still, haven't heard anything about that so its pure speculation on my part.

Who is confirmed to be on Art Chaos's roster then? They need more than 3 players :p Do you guys think they will have American and European imports or will it be a pure Russian team?
 
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jack-amo said:
I think Heat will do fine without them. Its a big loss, but Heat has one of the best benches in the PSP.

Been wondering what effect Art Chaos' move into the PSP will have on RL though. A fair few of those guys have played on Art Chaos over the years.

I think if Berdnikov was to migrate to Art Chaos, RL will suffer much worse than Heat. They are a far more brittle team right now and still in a rebuild. After just loosing Kirill to that injury, loosing Maloy would be devastating. Still, haven't heard anything about that so its pure speculation on my part.

Who is confirmed to be on Art Chaos's roster then? They need more than 3 players :p Do you guys think they will have American and European imports or will it be a pure Russian team?
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Well, you think about the Heat roster, let's take a look at it

4 73.68Houston HeatKonstantin Fedorov88Front34.1510.758.4210.746.433.18
15 65.33Houston HeatChad George57Front23.0211.0010.8113.304.472.73
17 65.22Houston HeatNicholas Slowiak24Back22.8810.317.1414.570.3210.00
20 64.51Houston HeatJacob Edwards31Front19.2012.7911.0812.903.345.19
22 62.57Houston HeatMikhail Knyazev77Mid20.2511.249.8111.605.044.63
33 58.22Houston HeatSergey Solnyshkov23Front15.0410.477.6110.676.118.32
48 54.46Houston HeatRonnie Dizon4Front15.8411.0811.035.992.947.58
52 52.29Houston HeatSamuel Monville19Mid10.7310.026.3214.993.256.98
70 47.16Houston HeatJon Woodley1Mid12.529.976.1710.852.904.75
96 28.84Houston HeatChad Bouchez2Front6.0411.7211.18-4.8204.71
98 27.83Houston HeatRyan Smith11Mid2.5910.066.445.660.142.93

This is their roster from PBA including stats.
~They're losing Fedorov, Edwards, Knyazev and Solnyshkov, meaning their highest ranking players would be Chad George at 15, Nick Sloviak at 17, then a MASSIVE gap down to 48th place.


15 65.33Houston HeatChad George57Front23.0211.0010.8113.304.472.73
17 65.22Houston HeatNicholas Slowiak24Back22.8810.317.1414.570.3210.00
48 54.46Houston HeatRonnie Dizon4Front15.8411.0811.035.992.947.58
52 52.29Houston HeatSamuel Monville19Mid10.7310.026.3214.993.256.98
70 47.16Houston HeatJon Woodley1Mid12.529.976.1710.852.904.75
96 28.84Houston HeatChad Bouchez2Front6.0411.7211.18-4.8204.71
98 27.83Houston HeatRyan Smith11Mid2.5910.066.445.660.142.93

So theyre going to need to open their wallets over the off season to have any chance of being competitive next season. They're really losing the core winning squad.

Now in regards to Art Chaos and the Legion players, I've got nothing but speculation with no facts to back it up. But I think it may be hard for RL to hold on to players seeing as they've really struggled this season, their superstars especially, there's definitely going to be some people thinking they can entice them away.
 
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True, Heat are going to struggle to win without the Russians, but in regards to the stats I think Woodley, Dizon and Slowiak could do better than they have this season with more playtime. Monville had an excellent 2012 season (28) and will need to step it up again now the roster has shrunk.

When I say I think Heat will do fine I mean just that. I don't expect them to win, but I don't expect to see them in challengers either. If they were bumped down I certainly wouldn't expect them to stay there!

One big thing you have pointed out that I hadn't thought about though is roster size. 7 players is not very many. What if someone gets injured? I think you're right. Heat are going to have to open their wallets to be a contender.
 
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jack-amo said:
True, Heat are going to struggle to win without the Russians, but in regards to the stats I think Woodley, Dizon and Slowiak could do better than they have this season with more playtime. Monville had an excellent 2012 season (28) and will need to step it up again now the roster has shrunk.

When I say I think Heat will do fine I mean just that. I don't expect them to win, but I don't expect to see them in challengers either. If they were bumped down I certainly wouldn't expect them to stay there!

One big thing you have pointed out that I hadn't thought about though is roster size. 7 players is not very many. What if someone gets injured? I think you're right. Heat are going to have to open their wallets to be a contender.
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A team like heat was put together for one reason, and that's to win. They're not built with the idea that they won't make Sunday, or even final 4. I don't see them being content with the attitude of not winning
 
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