athleticism is the obvious reason to go outside of it though to complement what you do have. Pope likes really fast PGs that can push tempo for instance......that's an atypical recruit in the pool. So he's looking at dudes in Florida, JUCOs, France, etc to fill that need. I think they will do a masterful job of pulling what they need from wherever but still using the typical pool as the heart of the team.
I'm super impressed though the more I look at tape of JUCO players. There's so many Africans that have moved to Podunk USA to play JUCO ball and brought the athleticism up a notch. We definitely need to tap into some of that....and they are.