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[QUOTE="BlueMAB, post: 4303412, member: 920"]
Just because you say he isn't a primary ball handler, doesn't mean he isn't being developed into a primary ball handler.

The best way to beat a press, especially a zone/trapping press, is by passing the ball, not dribbling.  Giving the ball to your primary ball handler and telling him to dribble through the press is a great way to repeatedly turn the ball over.  How often college teams press has nothing to do with AJ's development as an NBA PG.

It's not the point guard's job to beat a press.  All 5 guys on the court need to be ready to beat a press, because you pass through a zone/trapping press, not dribble.  In full court man defense (which isn't a press, it's just full court man defense) =, you give the ball to your most favorable mismatch and send everyone down the court to create space.  Sometimes that was Andre, sometimes it was Martin, sometimes it was Cole.  But it doesn't have to be the "PG".

AJ handled the ball a ton last year, particularly when he rebounded it and started the break, but also when Cole was playing off the ball.  And he can defend 1-4.  We must be watching different games.
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