People speculated as such because of some comments here by Baldi and others.
Next step is to bring back Owens and for Ponds to realize he benefits from another year of growth and development so as to improve his draft stock. His struggles early and recent, as well as the intelligence that Coach gathers from NBA folks, should dictate a return and the kid seems to have a very good head on his shoulders.
That nucleus, with Simon, Trimble, the kids we have eligible and coming in, and a few quality additions besides that via grad transfer, JUCO or HS ranks could make for a good squad. Staff has their work cut out and hopefully they work their a** off to make it happen.