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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 280786, member: 906"] Fair enough. I still think Keita deserves a shot at the four. He will be our most mobile big and its not even close. I think its kinda crazy to not consider it but we didn't last year either. [B]I hope he works on his sliding and lateral movement in the offseason to hes blue in the face. Get back what he had his freshmen year.[/B] Yes he needs to put on some strength also, but his hustle made him special as a fresh. IMO In fabs case as a freshmen it wasn't lack of iq that sat him as a freshmen or his ability to run up and down the floor that made him sit. Thats what everyone heard about but IMO it was his recovery defense and movement in the halfcourt. People were beating him baseline and he wasn't recovering at all. Hopefully DC is more ready then that. But, I wouldn't be suprised to see him sit further back baseline and use his massive body to box out and push people backwards on rebounds. Reguardless hes so physical hes going to stand out. He won't be the blend in type. If DC moves good at the four it would be easier to mask him then as a center who doesn't recover baseline and is somewhat lacking shotblock abilities. It would keep Rak at the 5 where hes best. That would be the best case scenerio IMO. Sure we could throw our best scoring 5 players out there, but sometimes the chemistry just doesn't work. I think DC at center and Rak out of position at the four could possibly leave a weakspot in the zone despite both being monsters it just might not work on D. Uconn won it all two years ago with 21/2 solid scorers. Ville got to the final four last year with the same chemistry. Its not a stretch to think Fair, Southerland, and MCW could take over games together and take the pressure off of Raks post up game. Also James can have more efficient isolation then Triche or cooney. Its all about if the ball goes in or not. [/QUOTE]

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