The lifeline for some is the "offense"
That this team is going to be so good offensively, it will counter the poor defense.
I think some Pitt fans, not really being exposed to truly dangerous offenses, over estimate this one.
They SHOULD be better offensively next year, maturity and experience for Artis, Young, Jeter, Jones, and in theory DJ or Cam Johnson adding another shooting threat.
But, the offense is limited. They aren't going to get up and down the court and score in transition a lot because they struggle to rebound defensively to begin with, they have a slower paced PG and not really the runners at 2G and SF to do it. They don't have guards who can break a defense down OR a post threat past Young.
So, the offense is sort of limited, some post offense from Young, some spot up shooting for artis and jump shots from three from others.
Given that this is by far JDs weakest rebounding and weakest defensive team, just not enough to offense to counter act that.
They SHOULD be a solid team overall next year, top 25ish, NCAA type team. But, they have a ceiling unless something real miraculous happens defensively.