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[QUOTE="husky429, post: 4474106, member: 6696"]
Leave it up to the 'yard to advocate starting a kid who couldn't sniff the floor that last year compared to a freshman averaging an effecient 9/4/2.

Karaban had bad games vs. Butler/Gtown/Florida OKst. He kicked ass in our cupcake games and the Oregon, Alabama, ISU games. He's hitting a freshman wall. We need to let him play through this and learn. He's never had to play bigger, stronger, faster athletes than him before and hasn't adjusted his play on both ends of the  floor yet.

In the off-season, I would like to see Karaban work on quicker footwork on his 3s, 1-footed layups, and his straight line drive with the ball in his hands.

And folks... Johnson wasn't starting over Karaban because he's a better player. Hurley likes to bring freshman along slowly when he can, and Karaban had been hutr. Let's be realistic. Johnson will be a contributor but expecting someone to go from "so bad he can't even sniff the floor in total blowout games" to "starting caliber player" is a pretty tall task. He's got the athleticism to pull it off, but we should probably temper expectations a bit. He's on the Facey plan.
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