An old adage is that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish–and Denzel Aberdeen finished last season playing his best basketball of the season.
Throughout 2023-24 Aberdeen was somewhat of a fan favorite for the energy he came with off the bench, particularly defensively. While he seemed to provide quality play when he was called upon, those times were few and far between. For much of the SEC schedule he played between 2-6 minutes per game, which didn’t have as much to do with him as it did with Florida’s veteran 1-3 rotation of Zyon Pullin, Walter Clayton, and Will Richard taking most of the minutes in the backcourt.