Michigan basketball preview: 5 pressing questions as preseason Wolverines buzz grows

ANNARBOR,Mich.—NimariBurnettisoldenoughtohaveplayedcollegebasketballwithTerrenceShannonJr.andMacMcClungatTexasTech,BrandonMilleratAlabama,VladislavGoldin(attwodifferentschools)andDannyWolfatMichigan. Together,thoseteammateswouldmakeapassableNBAlineup,nottomentionanentertainingdunkcontest.Burnett,nowinhissixthseasonofcollegebasketball,hasaspecialfeelingabouttheMichiganteamthatwillopenitsseasonMondaynightagainstOakland. “ThisisprobablythemosttalentedteamI’vebeenon,”Burnettsaid.“WhenyoucombineIQwithathleticismandsize,we’regoingtobereally,reallytoughtobeat.” Burnettisn’ttheonlypersonsayingthesethings.AssistantcoachMikeBoyntoncoachedPistonsstarCadeCunninghamduringCunningham’sone-and-doneseasonatOklahomaState.AsgoodasCunninghamwasandis,there’sadifferencebetweenateamwithasingularsuperstarandateamthathasplaymakersateveryposition. “Thisisthemosttalentedgroup,collectionofpeople,thatI’vebeenar