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Interesting Question

Chin Diesel said:
Donyell was better than Rudy. If you are thinking Rudy's skill set is what you want, the correct answer is Donyell.
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This is the guy I want to see running the wings, slashing, and spacing the floor next to Andre Jackson and Jordan Hawkins. Andre and Rudy would be the best show in the country. Devastatingly powerful finishes in transition, Could Donyell be the better player to add to this roster? sure. I’d personally want to see Rudy Gay with this team.
 
Captbluefin said:
I don’t think many on the boneyard realize how insanely good Donyell was.

He is as good of a player that EVER walked out on Gampel’s floor.
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@Waquoit mentioned somewhere recently the downside of these threads are the tendency to have to talk down one player in order to justify the player you are promoting.

I bring that up because Rudy Gay was an exceptional talent but was no where near the level of effectiveness of Donyell. As you said, Donyell's junior season matches up to anyone at UConn. Across the board Donyell was more skilled. Rudy had a higher level of athleticism but Donyell was plenty athletic enough.
I don't think it is a stretch to say had Rudy stayed a third year, his junior season would have rivaled Donyell, Ray or Kemba's junior seasons.

On a team where I want a stretch four, Donyell, Caronimo and Dove fill the bill better than Gay.
 
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If i'm building any uconn team from scratch i'm starting with Okafor as my first pick, Donyell second. Past player that would help this specific team would probably be Kemba. (Price and Shaballz are right there too) . Our PG play is still this teams only question mark,
 
Tyler Olander - this team already has all of what it needs to win the championship. All it needs is a little insurance and Tyler would provide that as all he did was win championships. :)
 
KEA or TB
Need a PG on this team that knows what a PG is supposed to do.
 
Stretch four who can defend aside from the obvious guys like Donyell, Cliff, Gay, etc. I’d throw Deandre Daniels out there, I think he would fit really well with this team.

Isn’t he basically what many are hoping Johnson can provide.
 
caw said:
Stretch four who can defend aside from the obvious guys like Donyell, Cliff, Gay, etc. I’d throw Deandre Daniels out there, I think he would fit really well with this team.

Isn’t he basically what many are hoping Johnson can provide.
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If you add on Akok’s rim protecting ability, that’s pretty close to what my hopes from Samson are. Johnson’s nowhere near as polished as DD on offense though.

Edit: Going off what we’ve seen so far.
 
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