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Message: [QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 2301121, member: 4623"] I would point out that Gilbert's standing as a "pure" PG is questionable. In his senior year at Miller Grove, he started at SG. The starting point was a kid named Aaron Augustin. Clearly the coach wanted to exploit AG's offensive skills and was looking for a PG to find Gilbert, not for Gilbert to be looking for others. The truth is that Gilbert, like Adams, is a penetrator/shooter first, his passing mainly taking the form of sudden handoffs to startled big men. At this point in time, Adams is probably the better passer, hence the better PG, based on his experience last year. Gilbert, I submit, would be far more at home at the 2. If their heights were switched, Gilbert 6-2 and Adams 5-11, there would be no question at all. Adams would start at point. He probably should anyway, the chief argument against it being the difficulty of a 5-11 handling the 2 position defensively. I have no doubt that AG will be tried at PG, but if he handles it no better than he did against Wagner and NE last year (where he and Jalen largely got into each other's way), he will find himself battling Vital for minutes at the 2 -- and in that battle, Vital has the initial edge, based on his 3-point ability. All that said, I think that AG has both the smarts and the leadership flair to make a superb PG. It will take time, however. We should not expect it out of the shoots. [/QUOTE]