We all hope that but some people are never the same after an Achilles injury. Based on what we’ve seen from him this year, I think you need to go into next year assuming he won’t be a major contributor and if he is able to, that will be great. Unfortunately it’s just an unknown based on what we’ve seen from him this year.
If none of the seniors come back, the front court is AS, RS, AA, & SJ. They came into this season with 6 front court players. With at least 2 scholarships open for next season, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where at least another big man isn’t added to the roster.
Yeah the good thing is there’s a lot of roster flexibility, and a lot obviously depends on if any guys come back. I’ll stand by (for now) that if the seniors are gone, the two scholarships will be used on a front court player & best available talent with other one, with an emphasis on a guard or wing who can score.
Is Akok a stud, though? Ajou was a stud. Ater was a stud. Until they weren't. I know this will sound racist, but Sudanese kids tend to be overrated for some reason. I truly, truly hope I'm wrong, but I'm tempering my expectations for Akok at this point.
Yes, he's a stud. When he played as a freshman he totally transformed our defense with his rim protection. The offense wasn't there yet but he's fast as hell and I think he will keep teams honest with a decent outside shot, I expect that pump fake from the three wing and drive we saw for the finger roll to be something we see a lot of.
Sanogo will be backed up at the 5 by Sampson a big time NBA pro talent, Akok will be the stretch 4 with Springs getting minutes and you have Tmart and Ajax at the 3. Thats 6 guys in the frontcourt including 5 that are likely NBA players in the future. If Whaley comes back the frontcourt is ridiculously loaded.
Or Carlton
Um excuse me? This is an absurd take, there was no need to take a shot like that. Yes Akok is a stud, I have no idea how you watch what he did as a freshman last season, the impact he had on the team, and think, ya this kid is overrated. Yikes dude
The only thing that can hold him back from that impact is health. Achilles injuries are notoriously tough to overcome. I hope he is 100% back next year because he is a game changer on the defensive end and has shown plenty of flashes offensively as well.
Its one of the worst takes ive ever read on here. Akok is going to be great someday. I think he`ll get passed the injury and be the player we saw flashes of. I just hope Dan Hurley uses him as a stretch 4 instead of just letting him float on the perimeter all the time. This kid is long, strong and skilled enough to do damage in the post.
We all hope he can come back to full strength and be the player he was meant to be. He’s a stud. This injury takes a long time to come back from, I mean, even Durant sat the whole season to get right. Hoping he gets the off-season to focus on that. Just did not need to bring in his culture/race to this. That was out of line.
It was also completely irrelevant. I think by next season he`ll be close to 100% and agree completely on the time frame. He simply couldnt be expected to make a big impact this season. Its just great to see him on the court even in limited time. I love that kid.
Springs hopes eternal or something like that.
Neither of the folks you quoted brought culture/race into this.
Injury. You cannot account for injury. You always need one more just in case.
Yea St. Ps is like a UConn feeder school now.
Oh yeah, you guys didn’t. It was in response to the dumb take above.
Akok has been in the US since he was a baby
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Welp, good someone else mentioned it. Guess I felt Springs deserved his own thread
