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Akok Akok's defensive presents will make us an elite team

calluke said:
I think we need to temper our expectations. He had a serious injury and not a normal rehab with Corona.
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Well, any blocks he contributes will be gifts to the team.
 
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Thankfully, the injury will not have shrunk the length of his arms. His offense (which wasn't consistent last year anyways) may take time to come around and get in the flow with others.

But his presence on defense will be felt immediately.
 
We’re already the best defensive team in conference and we don’t even have this defensive freak yet. Scary.
 
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Palatine said:
Just work Akok back in. Keep giving minutes to Sanogo
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akok is the only pure PF on the roster so he shouldnt directly impact sanogo and carlton's minutes. i'd like whaley to shift back to C exclusively, but he was really just starting and playing ~5 mpg alongside carlton or sanogo to begin with.
 
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bendm said:
akok is the only pure PF on the roster so he shouldnt directly impact sanogo and carlton's minutes. i'd like whaley to shift back to C exclusively, but he was really just starting and playing ~5 mpg alongside carlton or sanogo to begin with.
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He and Tyrese will provide a lot of versatility at the 4 rotation. Tyrese being comfortable in a 30mpg role will let Akok really work his way back too--I'm sure he'll be on a minutes restriction.
 
bendm said:
akok is the only pure PF on the roster so he shouldnt directly impact sanogo and carlton's minutes. i'd like whaley to shift back to C exclusively, but he was really just starting and playing ~5 mpg alongside carlton or sanogo to begin with.
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Akok has also logged many minutes at the five. Whaley has gotten minutes at the four and the five. My point is that Sanogo needs to see the floor to get better. Working Akok back in slowly will help Sanogo while protecting Akok. Keep your eyes on March.
 
I hope we have more blowout wins the rest of the way so guys like Springs and Javonte Brown can see some minutes because we are going to have to depend on them next season. IDK how the roster is going to pan out with the NCAA giving Senior's and extra year of eligibility? But right now we have to assume that Whaley and Carlton will be gone next year and that leaves Akok, Sanogo, Martin, Springs, and Javonte as the big guys on the roster for 21-22. Javonte is a guy that came in with a decent amount of hype, but he essentially has not played at all so far.
 
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Ts5034 said:
I hope we have more blowout wins the rest of the way so guys like Springs and Javonte Brown can see some minutes because we are going to have to depend on them next season. IDK how the roster is going to pan out with the NCAA giving Senior's and extra year of eligibility? But right now we have to assume that Whaley and Carlton will be gone next year and that leaves Akok, Sanogo, Martin, Springs, and Javonte as the big guys on the roster for 21-22. Javonte is a guy that came in with a decent amount of hype, but he essentially has not played at all so far.
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Samson on the way next year
 
Grey Goose said:
Samson on the way next year
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I forgot about Samson. I guess I don't think of him as a big because of his versatility and ability to shoot from the outside, but no doubt he will be a huge help.
 
calluke said:
I think we need to temper our expectations. He had a serious injury and not a normal rehab with Corona.
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And then he says, “the Boneyard should temper our expectations!!”

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Palatine said:
Akok has also logged many minutes at the five
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and last year adams logged many minutes at the four but that was also only out of desperation. no reason for akok to play C with whaley carlton and sanogo. i'm saying this with an eye towards march too
 
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Cole-Gaffney
Bouk-Adams
Martin-Polley
Whaley-Akok
Sanogo/Carlton

Looks like we'd go 10 deep with Akok. Also assuming he'd have to work his way up from around 10 min per game. Deep team if more guys find some consistency, but the talent is here.
 
Excited to get Akok back because I believe they will need to go bigger to create mismatches more often than not. Plus the depth improves on the baseline. If he can shoot it better it will be a major lift and make Danny play even less of the 3 guard lineups we’ve seen a little too much of.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Deep team if more guys find some consistency
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still pretty deep even if they dont. gaff, adams, and polley are contributing as little as we could have imagined yet theyre still getting plenty of PT. they can only improve (i hope)
 
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3for3 said:
Are we ever gonna see Richie Springs?
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Interesting to me springs hasn't played much. I had heard he was a tenacious rebounder. Thought he would be an impactful addition this year. I had honestly forgotten about him until he went in at the end of the game.
 
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