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Message: [QUOTE="Billy Jack, post: 4498150, member: 4173"] The best comparison to Sanogo/Clingan that I can think of would be Alonzo Mourning/Dikembe Mutombo at Georgetown, whose height compare very closely to Sanogo & Clingan. They played together for 3 years with Dikembe coming off the bench for 11 mpg in their first year together. They started together for 2 years with mixed results. Their first year starting together, Georgetown was very good (24-7, 11-5, 3rd in BE, Sweet 16). They lost to us in the Big East Tournament in our Dream Season when we had decidedly inferior bigs. ( I was at the game.) They lost in the Round Of 32 to Xavier. Their second season together did not work out well (19-13, 8-8, 6th in Big East). They turned things around briefly in the postseason, beating us in the BE Tournament & finishing runner up to Seton Hall. They lost to UNLV in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament. A couple of footnotes to this experiment. Playing with Dikembe did not turn Alonzo into an NBA power forward. He played center almost his entire career. Second, the comparison bigs down when you consider that both Alonzo and Dikembe are today in the Hall of Fame. No one is suggesting today that Sanogo and Clingan are headed to the Hall of Fame. If we look at the level of talent on those Georgetown teams, I think we’d have to say that fir a college lineup with 2 future Hall of Famers, those Georgetown teams underachieved. Did Alonzo and Dikembe prove that you can play 2 big men together? Sure. At least the way the game was played 30+ years ago with a longer shot clock and decidedly less use of the 3-point line. At least you could play 2 guys together who were as quick and mobile as those two. [/QUOTE]

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