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TSam tends to pound the ball into the ground while standing still. As others posted, with a head of steam and a lane to the hoop, he can finish effectively. But he usually dribbled without and purpose and had terrible passing instincts...far too many passes directly to the opponent for no clear reason.

DHam got stripped a lot in the first half of the AAC season because opponents were reading his spin move. He also lost his composure big time against WVU. Other than that his handle was pretty solid and quite good for a 6'7" player.
Do I want him to be the only ball handler on the floor...heck no!
 
Lets take our best rebounder and move him further away from the hoop?

Bruma struggles at rebounding - granted he is a difference maker on the defensive end.
 
It's honestly not that crazy of an idea, not as the primary pg obviously, but I'd rather have Dan Hurley distributing than TSam. Isaac played point for UCLA at times this year and looked good doing it, why not daniel?
 
Bonehead said:
Lets take our best rebounder and move him further away from the hoop?

Bruma struggles at rebounding - granted he is a difference maker on the defensive end.
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Meh our PGs found a way to be great rebounders on our last two championship teams, and they were both 6'1 at most
 
Rocktheworld said:
Meh our PGs found a way to be great rebounders on our last two championship teams, and they were both 6'1 at most
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That's mainly because the rebounding instincts of our bigs to the free ball is like two + sided magnets.
 
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I wouldn't go as far to say bazz or boatright were great rebounders, they just stole a bunch of rebounds after bigs boxed out. Especially boatright , who causes a myriad of turnovers because he was tryin to snatch the ball out of a bigs hand
 
James said:
I wouldn't go as far to say bazz or boatright were great rebounders, they just stole a bunch of rebounds after bigs boxed out. Especially boatright , who causes a myriad of turnovers because he was tryin to snatch the ball out of a bigs hand
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"on our last two championship runs" i.e. Kemba (5.4 RPG and Bazz (5.9, DD lef the team with 8)

For guards their size, I think it's pretty great for them to be the second best rebounders on their respective teams.
 
No, Hamilton's beneficial factor would be destroyed as a point guard, he operates best when he is on the wing looking to drive and score (something he needs to tighten up a lot) or looking for the lob, putting him at the point would not make sense, especially when you have a young, potent recruit coming in, Adams might stumble a bit, but its better for him to do that and let DHam do his thing on the wing, DHam shows so much potential and I think he will be unbelievably good once he tightens his game up
 
Purvis will be the go-to at the start of the season.
 
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Come on now. I love Hamilton. I'm thankful for him being a part of this program but the one part of his game he really really needs improvement is ball handling. I'd much rather have TSam, Cassell, or Adams bringing up the ball. Hamilton is a wing player.
 
JimOllie said:
Come on now. I love Hamilton. I'm thankful for him being a part of this program but the one part of his game he really really needs improvement is ball handling. I'd much rather have TSam, Cassell, or Adams bringing up the ball. Hamilton is a wing player.
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Agree on not being a PG but DHam does not need to improve his ball handling. He has a very good handle for his size and position, the only thing he needs to be better on is where and when he takes it deep. And I think he began that improvement the last 1/2 of the year already. He could play a little point forward with that handle if necessary.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Watching a 6'6 Andrew Harrison play the point for Kentucky has me thinking about Hamilton starting the season at PG next season.

Yes, Jalen Adams is the PG of the future, but what about having Hamilton start the season as PG and then eventually grooming Adams by mid-season?

This season, Hamilton had a similar assist-to-turnover ratio to Boatright:

Boatright: 3.8:2.4 = 1.58 A/TO
Hamilton: 3.7:2.3 = 1.61 A/TO

Neither ratio is very good, but if you look at Hamilton's numbers at the end of the season, they were very good:

Last 12 games: 55 A, 19 TO;
4.58 A/GP, 1.58 TO/G = 2.9 A/TO

Nearly 3 assists for every turnover is a very good clip. To better put it in perspective, Napier had a career 1.85, Kemba 1.78.

What do you think?
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I have been looking at this thread hoping it would be deleted. This is absurd! Can we just get some recruiting threads ! By mid season? Really...
 
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Guess it's time to start-up the next round of random drug tests for the Boneyard. I almost forgot, but the OP is clearly ready to drop a sample.
 
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