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[QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 3555835, member: 2196"]
Umm, did you read the article?  People shot 66% from around the rim last year.  And yes, the top of the zone is an issue but the interior defense was not much better.  Now we are getting a guy an inch shorter and 20 lbs lighter to play for hughes.  Yes he has slightly better rebounding numbers than Hughes, but Hughes was also rebounding down low against guys that are bigger and stronger then he is because of the zone. Griffin was strictly a guard rebounding against smaller guys, cleaning up the box outs.  Rebounding from man defense and rebounding in a zone are completely different.  Not to mention Griffin has zero experience in the zone defense (Other than Wes Johnson, name another first year player that came in and dominated on defense?). So yes, I am concerned regarding the wing responsibilities and Griffin.  No doubt he will be a very good offensive addition, but I feel he is more andrew white on the wing defensively.  If you look at Whites rebounding before coming to Syracuse they were very similar to Griffins, and then they plummeted when he played at Syracuse.  Hughes was a better Statistical rebounder from the wing than White.
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