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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2420185, member: 488"] I don't agree with the sentiment that Vital is a one-dimensional player or that he provides no value when his shot isn't falling. He's not a play-maker by trade like Gilbert is, but he's capable of putting the ball on the floor and creating for others. He averaged 2.3 assists per game over the second half of the season last year and his freshman assist rate was better than Lamb's and Purvis' career mark. It's also a little soon to tag him with the "shot isn't falling" label - which is questionable logic given everything we know about averages anyway - when he's taken ten threes on the season (and as [USER=380]@Walker11[/USER] points out, they haven't been bad misses). Gilbert's contributions as a play-maker are being overstated, and through two games there is no reason to believe that he's helped us win. His assist rate is marginally better than Vital's, he's coughing up a lot of bad shots, and he's been the weak link defensively. I understand that Gilbert offers things that Vital doesn't, but I maintain that the gap in minutes between the two should be closed. [/QUOTE]