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Akok enters the portal

Like many here I wish him the best of luck and I hope he grows into the star that we envisioned him becoming.
I do have to ask… am I the only juvenile fan here that will miss saying “Akok block!”
 
Fishy said:
If you think results matter, no.

The over reliance on Whaley was a multi-year mistake; he was never a 28 mpg player
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Whaley is great when he can play the 5. We may have been better off without him this year though if we were going to ask him to be a stretch 4 for most of the time.
 
MJKI said:
In a vacuum I really don't care about any of these 4 guys leaving; sad about Akok but he just isn't the same player he was. Anywhere he goes he'll run into the same problem he had here. He's a good spark plug off the bench. Floyd could have been good, could have been meh but he wasnt some stud prospect we're missing out on.
But this didn't all happen in a vacuum and we're now down EIGHT players from last year. EIGHT. And maybe more to come (won't be surprised at all if it is another freshman from last year that didn't get a lot of blow). Regardless of if we bring in Newton, Young, Castle we are still going to be replacing around 65% of minutes from last year, getting guys to learn and buy into a new offensive system, and learn to trust each other. Expectations for next year have to go down, regardless if the influx in talent is actually more than we lose, because we are just losing so many players that know the system and know each other
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It is going to be hard to put the pieces together. But the guys who left weren't a major part of this year's rotation anyway, so that was coming regardless.
 
Fishy said:
If you think results matter, no.

The over reliance on Whaley was a multi-year mistake; he was never a 28 mpg player
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What a strange take. When he first joined the lineup in winter of 2020, he was the third best player on a team that was incredibly hot. He was asked to change his role in 2021, and became the best defensive player in the conference. And last year, while I think he took a step back, there was no one else who came anywhere near taking his starting spot away, unless you want to argue Tyler should have started, but if that happened there were still 28 minutes a game for each of them anyway.
 
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JMick said:
It's pretty clear players feel like they weren't being treated fairly or that something similar is going on
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Why is that clear? Why isn't that they didn't think they were good enough to be in the rotation not plausible as an alternative. Since, at least last year, two of the four weren't and two of the four barely were because of lack of alternatives?

I'm not even saying you might not be right. I'm just saying that it's not clear at all.
 
Lots of heavies here now...lots of divergent views.

On Akok Akok, seems to me Sanogo is the man, and Clingan is set to be the next man with Johnson inbetween. Akok decided he need to find a place where he is clearly the man and not competing to be the mop up guy. In a world were four guard play is common, he might not have seen much time next season with this roster. Sanogo + Johnson as the primaries and Springs and Clingan for mop ups.

I'm looking forward to Richie Springs. Sad things didn't work out for Akok, he was a big deal when Hurley landed him. Its not wrong to thing thinks could have been different at this moment had Whaley and Polley not stuck around. He probably would have logged a little more court time and maybe had a better chance to develop. Someplace is likely to have more minutes for him than us at this point.
 
Exit 4 said:
Lots of heavies here now...lots of divergent views.

On Akok Akok, seems to me Sanogo is the man, and Clingan is set to be the next man with Johnson inbetween. Akok decided he need to find a place where he is clearly the man and not competing to be the mop up guy. In a world were four guard play is common, he might not have seen much time next season with this roster. Sanogo + Johnson as the primaries and Springs and Clingan for mop ups.

I'm looking forward to Richie Springs. Sad things didn't work out for Akok, he was a big deal when Hurley landed him. Its not wrong to thing thinks could have been different at this moment had Whaley and Polley not stuck around. He probably would have logged a little more court time and maybe had a better chance to develop. Someplace is likely to have more minutes for him than us at this point.
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I would think we would see Karaban and even Jackson at the 4 before Akok Akok too.
 
3rdbass said:
I would think we would see Karaban and even Jackson at the 4 before Akok Akok too.
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Indeed, hence why I mentioned the likelihood of four guard play.
 
Exit 4 said:
Indeed, hence why I mentioned the likelihood of four guard play.
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Well Karaban is definitely a foward so even if not playing small ball he would see time at the 4.
 
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M.S.G. said:
Unfortunately, there were character / accepting coaching issues with AA all the way back to Putnam Science Academy. He was a huge fan favorite and I loved him, will always remember that million dollar smile after his run against Xavier last year.
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What are you talking about?!
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
Today I learned that it was actually Akok Akok not playing 25 minutes per game that allowed Teddy Allen to score 38 points against us.
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Remembering Samuel L Jackson GIF by Apple TV
 
CTBasketball said:
Wherever Akok goes he’ll average like 12/7/2. Guy is a good player.
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I was clamoring for him to get minutes all year but I’d say this absolute best case scenario for him production wise.

I’d guess more along the lines of 9/6/2 if he gets big minutes. He’s sort of a one trick pony on offense.
 
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CTBasketball said:
Wherever Akok goes he’ll average like 12/7/2. Guy is a good player.
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Nope not unless it’s MAAC or less. Only other way is if all his potential arrives back because the guy that we had the last 2 years can’t bring those numbers.

For his sake hope the 2 years away from the injury do bring back what we saw a few years ago, by no means will I do anything but root for him.
 
For his sake, I hope it’s anywhere but Pitt. That place is absolutely toxic right now and, while I’m sure there are minutes available, I would hate to see him finish his career in a place like that (not that Georgetown is much better).
 
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