re: Crystal Balls Flowing in for LSU re: Moussa Cisse

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That was my point I was trying to make in my first post and why I think KBW is a better defender than Mickey. If you rewatch the beginning of the Yale game the amount of shots he altered was insane (I think KBW and Marlon for his defense on Oni were the MVPs of that game). I would rather have Cisse be the type of rim protector that KBW was instead of Mickey who seemed to always go for the block instead of going straight up.

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But again, the stats on the surface show Mickey was the better defender overall as well, which is why I brought up defensive box plus/minus, which isn't a perfect example but does shed some light on Mickey just being a shot blocker vs. good defender too. There are guys out there who can block some shots but aren't necessarily good defenders, granted I'd say that's more rare than common.