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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2367224, member: 488"] This take is way off in my opinion. Rob Gray is a damn good player. He excels at arguably the most important thing in the sport - scoring the basketball. He's given us fits in the past and will continue to do so moving forward. He'll probably be in the conversation for player of the year or at the very least a spot on an all-conference team. But he's not Jalen Adams and I think you have to look beyond the numbers on this one. Gray isn't just a minus player defensively, he's a guy you specifically seek out and try to exploit on that end. He was a big part of the reason Houston ranked only 79th last season in defensive efficiency and ultimately couldn't get enough stops to make the tournament. Unlike Adams, his physical profile limits his ceiling, especially defensively. There is a reason he was a two star recruit - despite the fact that he's turned into a really nice player, he isn't the transcendent talent that Adams is where he can elevate the performance of everyone around him. I wouldn't go as far as to call him an empty stats guy, but KenPom isn't going to tell the whole story here. Adams outplayed him convincingly last season in Hartford - I was there, sitting pretty close to the court, and Adams embraced the challenge late in the game of guarding him and he did so very effectively. It was, on Jalen's end, one of the best performances I saw all season in college basketball...and I watch a lot of college basketball. Complete command of the game on both ends and the talent disparity was pronounced when the two matched up late. [/QUOTE]

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