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Message: [QUOTE="superjohn, post: 5128768, member: 1522"] I always liked Mahaney's game at St. Mary's, when he was a freshman I even thought he could be a future NBA player. I wanted him here and I trusted what Hurley saw in him as starting point guard (even though he's always been just a bucket getter) but yes it's clear it isn't/wasn't going to work for a whole bunch of reasons and it's nothing like the Tristen situation. We seem to be a guard/ballhandler/go get us a bucket guy short but it's not nearly as bad as some other years. We had two seasons in a row where we had championship aspirations and championship rosters but ended up with only one reliable ball handler. It was Marcus Williams and a freshman Antonio Kellogg and then next season it was Marcus Williams and a freshman Craig Austrie and freshman Rob Garrison. If it was just Diarra and Mahaney we should be worrying but Nowell was a borderline McD's all-American and he's physically already there. I agree he should be 20 minutes per game and with that time I could see him being the starter as the season progresses. I'm not sure what happens with Mahaney but if he's just told to go out there and score without any point guard duties life should be a lot easier for him and he should be able to do that. I feel badly for him, his confidence is clearly crushed at the moment. [/QUOTE]