Sampson was a fantastic individual talent and we sucked with him. Manhattan sucked with Jermaine Lawrence. I don't like 6'8 + combo forwards thinking they are Kevin Durant before they are ready. There are plenty of guys that end up developing from combo-type forwards into small forwards, but it's not an easy transition and it's tough in college with so many guards playing the three.
I'd rather have a smaller and less physically talented player with more skill like a Postell type.
Lavor Postell was garbage his first two years at SJU. He was very good as as a junior and senior, when he averaged what Sampson did as a freshman.
Durand Johnson had similar averages. Someone has to get the stats. Postell embraced his role as a secondary scorer, rebounded like a mad man, defended with effort and did the little things. This new age of Durant wannabees only want to score like a SG.
Guys like Sampson come to campus and they are such athletic freaks that the coaches and teammates let them get away with murder. As soon as they can whipe their asses without falling over, they go pro, so it's a constant threat and gives them leverage in college. Sampson goes pro, and he becomes the secondary player he should have been at SJU, doing all of the little things to survive in the league. His leverage is gone.