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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3826475, member: 1414"]
We did play Akok a lot, and he did a lot of good things while not doing much on offense.  But when we go to Cole, Gaff, Adams/Polley, Martin, we are essentially conceding the rim.  Especially when we continue to ask Whaley to hard hedge.  Everybody knows we do it, and the result is they attack the rim.

What I've seen Dan Hurley do lately, is use two bigs, with one covering the rim when the other hedges.  It has been effective and it helped cause those blocks the other day.  It can't be Polley, Adams or Martin covering the rim, they can't do it.  If he needs to play small, then he should stop the hedging and leave the 5 in the paint.  It's not that complicated.  Clingan will become a huge rim protector, just based on length.

On the offensive side, we are doing a much better job of feeding the inside players via the pass.  Not just Sanogo, although he's most noteworthy. I don't think Dan has really had anybody besides Carlton two years ago who could be that kind of focal point inside.  Akok should have been used in the post more often, and I hope he and Johnson will be going forward.
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