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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5235348, member: 722"]
I think most Syracuse fans, after generations of centers expected only to block shots on defense in the middle of a zone, don't know what a center is supposed to do on defense.

Lampkin isn't much of a shot blocker, and he certainly isn't one of dozens of guys JB recruited just to set picks and block shots.

He's done ok on defense.

I'd like to see defensive rotations tighten up, a lot.  Some of that is on Lampkin, some of it is that the perimeter players are being beaten so quickly nobody could rotate quickly enough to stop the drive.

Cox really made our guards look like traffic cones at times last night.

Red's defensive strategy of "make them shoot twos" would be much more effective with a shotblocker back there that could make two pointers a much lower percentage shot.  Freeman getting the hang of the defensive rotations would help, but we really need good challenges from all of our front court.

I wish we could find a decent shotblocking center...
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