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Message: [QUOTE="Umami Zen, post: 4498767, member: 10678"] A little confused about where you're coming from.. I agree with [USER=4173]@Billy Jack[/USER]'s comments in post#1.. "Liked' it.. The guards have shown over the course of the season.. perhaps not recently.. That they can get to the rim and have the talent to do so when opportunities present themselves.. For the last month--On the Yard-- There has been lively debate.. for and against.. Of playing AS/DC together.. Clingan's excellent freshman year and his progress have certainly influenced that thinking. I am in agreement with BJ's response to Point#2..Spacing would be a major issue with those two on the floor for any extended period of time and would have a major detrimental impact on guards getting to the rim because of the congestion in the paint that they (and their defenders) would bring to the lane. Over three years it has become apparent that when AS is isolated outside of the paint and/or around the three point line.. His lack of foot speed is quickly exposed and exploited by the opposing teams by their athletic 4s and 5s.. Not debatable. Until or if Samson returns and depending upon the foul situation on Karaban.. AK is our best defensive solution at the 4. Other lineup combinations are a second resort dictated by game conditions. Karaban's coach continues to start him at the 4 because he's doing an excellent job.. That's a fact. [/QUOTE]