Because he must. Too many pg/combo dudes who haven’t made an impact and probably won’t.
Hall, Stewart, Saunders, Erickson are the young up and comers.
Knell, SJ, George are wing rotation holdovers.
Lohner, Fouss, AAA are big holdovers.
That’s 10 solids.
Knight returning is unknown, as is Hanson, Dowdell, et al.
So pope must get two big athletic high talent/skilled transfers. Absolute must have. Roll with the young guys in the backcourt next year so as to be ready for B12.