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Cling has more room to grow. Alex came early and advanced tremendously by working with the team prior to playing.
Improves more in off-season, Clingan or Karaban?
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Our success next year it is much more dependent on Clingan, Samson , or even Diarra making a jump than Karaban.
Karaban’s gift is taking pressure off the post by his shooting and providing leadership.
We desperately need another shooter or two to compliment Karaban. To give Clingan the advantage Sanogo enjoyed this year . Even if Newton comes back I still want another shooter. We may not win a NC but will be in the discussion and just as importantly a fun team to watch.
Karaban’s gift is taking pressure off the post by his shooting and providing leadership.
We desperately need another shooter or two to compliment Karaban. To give Clingan the advantage Sanogo enjoyed this year . Even if Newton comes back I still want another shooter. We may not win a NC but will be in the discussion and just as importantly a fun team to watch.
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This answer should be easy. Clingan was a 6th man who averaged 13 minutes per game and Karaban was a starter who averaged 29 minutes per game and led the team in minutes played. Karaban has been with the program longer and is older than Clingan. They will both improve but Clingan will improve by leaps and bounds.
It's one thing when someone on a message board thinks Clingan will be a candidate for national player of the year next season, it's another thing entirely when the coach says he thinks Clingan has national player of the year potential next season.
It's no knock on Karaban, he's great and will obviously improve next season but the coach thinks the other guy has national player of the year potential next season.
It's one thing when someone on a message board thinks Clingan will be a candidate for national player of the year next season, it's another thing entirely when the coach says he thinks Clingan has national player of the year potential next season.
It's no knock on Karaban, he's great and will obviously improve next season but the coach thinks the other guy has national player of the year potential next season.
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Will be interesting to see how Karaban does when he’s not the 4th option on offense and nobody like Hawk flying around the court. We’ll see what Jackson and Newton do.
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It's an easy call. Karaban doesn't need to do much but get stronger, maybe improve attacking the basket. He's a pretty complete player now. I'm not sure how much room he has to improve, in part because he improved a lot during the season, especially on defense, but also cutting and attacking the basket on close outs.
DC is loaded with potential, but has to improve conditioning, FT shooting, outside shooting, touch around the rim, avoiding fouls, defending people in space and some other things. He has a lot to work on. I'm sure he will work tirelessly on all of it. So the improvement should be significant. I don't get the NPOY projections, but if he's in that conversation (and we all hope he is) the improvement would probably be the most I can recall from any UConn player in one season.
DC is loaded with potential, but has to improve conditioning, FT shooting, outside shooting, touch around the rim, avoiding fouls, defending people in space and some other things. He has a lot to work on. I'm sure he will work tirelessly on all of it. So the improvement should be significant. I don't get the NPOY projections, but if he's in that conversation (and we all hope he is) the improvement would probably be the most I can recall from any UConn player in one season.