Alex Legion countdown

"Scoring-wise, offensively, he's probably our best player," coach Bruce Weber said after practice today. "As far as some of the other parts of the game, he's probably not in the top of those, whether it's defense or passing. But he can definitely make a difference. Now we've got to slowly get him involved, and he's got to prove it."

As far as integrating Legion, a 6-5 shooting guard, Weber put some of the pressure on the coaches.

"A key thing will be me and the coaches: how we keep everyone involved and yet back off their minutes a little bit, and yet get Alex involved," he said.

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