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His presence will change our defense. Samson is the 2nd best rim protector behind Clingan. When Sanogo is on the court, he needs help when the guards get beat off the dribble. I think a defensive rotation of Samson/Sanogo and Karaban/Clingan compliment each other extremely well.

The Sanogo/Karaban defense doesn't work when our guards are getting beat because there is no one at the rim to help.
 
aburks41 said:
His presence will change our defense. Samson is the 2nd best rim protector behind Clingan. When Sanogo is on the court, he needs help when the guards get beat off the dribble. I think a defensive rotation of Samson/Sanogo and Karaban/Clingan compliment each other extremely well.

The Sanogo/Karaban defense doesn't work when our guards are getting beat because there is no one at the rim to help.
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He probably will not be able to stay on the floor
 
It's kind of like going back to work recently after a 10 day holiday and thinking, "what do I do here?".... I can't seem to remember much about Johnson's game. ;)
 
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aburks41 said:
His presence will change our defense. Samson is the 2nd best rim protector behind Clingan. When Sanogo is on the court, he needs help when the guards get beat off the dribble. I think a defensive rotation of Samson/Sanogo and Karaban/Clingan compliment each other extremely well.

The Sanogo/Karaban defense doesn't work when our guards are getting beat because there is no one at the rim to help.
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If he is as good as advertised it’s a game changer .
The 2014 team took an exponential jump when Brimah emerged as a rim protector.
That simple change took a team from very good to great.
keeping my fingers crossed.
 
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CTBasketball said:
He probably will not be able to stay on the floor
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He was starting over Karaban on day 1 for a reason. His offense might take until March to come along, but defense is 90% mental. He is supposed to be a great rim protector and rebounder; two of the things that we desperately need when Sanogo is the only big man out on the floor.
 
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aburks41 said:
He was starting over Karaban on day 1 for a reason. His offense might take until March to come along, but defense is 90% mental. He is supposed to be a great rim protector and rebounder. Two of the things that we desperately need when Sanogo is the only big man out on the floor.
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Not to mention a lob threat/alley oop guy on offense
 
aburks41 said:
He was starting over Karaban on day 1 for a reason. His offense might take until March to come along, but defense is 90% mental. He is supposed to be a great rim protector and rebounder; two of the things that we desperately need when Sanogo is the only big man out on the floor.
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I really hope you are right, I’d take even 50% right.
 
aburks41 said:
He was starting over Karaban on day 1 for a reason. His offense might take until March to come along, but defense is 90% mental. He is supposed to be a great rim protector and rebounder; two of the things that we desperately need when Sanogo is the only big man out on the floor.
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I think that was more a function of Karaban being hurt and missing a bunch of practices but I think Samson will help.
 
aburks41 said:
He was starting over Karaban on day 1 for a reason. His offense might take until March to come along, but defense is 90% mental. He is supposed to be a great rim protector and rebounder; two of the things that we desperately need when Sanogo is the only big man out on the floor.
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Yeah. Because karaban was injured. I hope nothing but the best from Samson. But he was not great during preseason practices. Karaban was.
 
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aburks41 said:
He was starting over Karaban on day 1 for a reason. His offense might take until March to come along, but defense is 90% mental. He is supposed to be a great rim protector and rebounder; two of the things that we desperately need when Sanogo is the only big man out on the floor.
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Karaban had an ankle issue. Wasn't that speculated?
 
August_West said:
Yeah. Because karaban was injured. I hope nothing but the best from Samson. But he was not great during preseason practices. Karaban was.
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Hurley is on the record saying that Samson was the 2nd best player in the scrimmage against Harvard (Hawkins was the best). Harvard isn’t a good team but they’re decent. We don’t need him to be our best player. We just need him to be an effective defender, rebounder, and to hit a couple 3s or get some easy put backs like he did against Stonehill
 
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