Turns out it doesn’t have to be pretty so long as it works. NC State is 4-4 in the ACC despite having zero perimeter game, despite having no go-to guy, even considering Omer Yurtseven’s emergence as a damn good player.
Yurtseven has really been great, but he isn’t the sole reason for State’s modest success up to this point; when the other guys remember him, he’s been a difference-maker, but a good post player is limited to that recognition. Elsewhere there have been significant struggles for a team that wants to be perimeter-oriented but lacks the talent.
This season has been a push-and-pull struggle with an uncertain identity at the center and the results have been mixed, but this seems to be working out okay anyhow.