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Message: [QUOTE="Waltdods, post: 2407166, member: 2932"] AO and Rick really didn't play together very much. AO only played 22 minutes a game. (Jackson averaged a bit more, but this is somewhat misleading because of the games he played without AO). So they were probably both in the game about 6 minutes or so a game - the first few minutes of each half. Jackson was not a great fit for the 4 (which is why he didn't play it much), but the idea that a freshman Sidibe is going to be better than junior Rick is extremely optimistic. Jackson was a 60% shooter that year. While he wasn't the athlete Sidibe is, he was a great rebounder who knew the zone well. Also, part of the reason JB was able to play both AO and Rick together was that both were very skilled offensive players and the rest of the lineup was stacked with shooters. Neither of those things are true now. [/QUOTE]