I don't know that this teams needs a score-first type of PG. RJ's teams needed him to score. This team has enough scorers between AK, Solo, Liam, and Samson Johnson (when they run the pick & roll). I'd rather have a floor general who gets the ball to those guys in the right spot. Also, what was RJ's assist to turnover ratio? Hass has been stellar this season in that regard.
Right now this team is very similar to what Bama was last year in March - outshoot the competition and find 2-3 defensive spurts to separate. I’m sure they are leveraging analytics against their roster to find a formula they think can work. When you rely on outshooting the downfall is a cold game here or there.
Point one is correct. Point two is because of point one. Different teams different needs. Both gave/give us what we need.
RJ's second season: 2.16
it was 2 to 1 which is good but you don't think he would of been better on this team. Either way the main point is when the shot clock is winding down Diarra has shown he is having issues finding someone or creating offense for himself. Maybe he improves on it but it definitely is a concern.
I’ll take Hassan any day of the week for multiple reasons.
I don’t know. game was over. Perhaps regressed to the mean.
I just don't like Diarra at the end of clock situations. I won't take him over Cole who was clearly better with that for those situations. Diarra can improve and I understand why you think he is a better fit with this team but we still need someone who can break down players and be able to score at end of shot situations as we presently have none.
Hassan just needs to avoid having the ball in his hands less than 5 second on the shot clock. Once Liam is back that will figure itself out. I’m not worried.
Liam can help out there but not 100% sure he is break down player either but he is better with the ball in his hands when shot clock is going down.
Don’t agree at all. Pass or score first pg’s are equally important and preference for me comes down to what sort of team offensively you have them running. Last year’s team didn’t need much scoring from the pg spot as they had scoring threats at almost any other position and a few guys who could creat their own shot. This year’s team has almost no one who can get a bucket out of nothing off the dribble.
Yep Nowell is our future for next year and critical for this year to give Diarra quality minutes at PG. I still get scared seeing Mahaney at PG and it seems to bog down the offense. He plays so much better off the ball. We need to keep getting minutes for Nowell to keep his development will be critical.
Sure I’ll take the superstar lottery pick that can put a team on their back that come around once every 30 years or so. On the average the PG position always seems to work better when it can get the whole team involved.
If that’s not on coaches, I don’t know what would be.
I was at the game and found it unsatisfying the way it ended. It is one thing to milk the clock but for Diarra to just dribble then take a bad shot at the buzzer was pretty awful. I’ve seen a lot of basketball and lots of clock milking. I can’t remember a team getting so many shot clock violations in succession. And had Georgetown been a better foul shooting team they could have made it a 1-score game late. And over the years I’ve seen teams struggle to get back in a rhythm after trying to milk the clock when they needed to.
Good points. If they hadn't won the game, they might have lost it.
Out of curiosity, do you think Hass and Hurley came out of that game patting themselves on the back for the execution the last 8 minute? I guarantee you they’re addressing that both from a coaching and execution side this week and not just pretending like it wasn’t bad.
