You're right it should be a great style for Giffey. Niels can do a lot of things well, he's one of my favorite players. The openness of the game should really help him, don't think we've seen his full potential because he always seemed a bit tentative waiting for the Calhoun hook.
I agree that an open court game could be a great fit for Giffey. He has the potential to be able to be a, excuse the associations, "point forward" on the break. He can pass it and push it some. JC did come down on him, well, all of the time, but also after some plays where he tried to make a too fine, a too difficult pass in traffic when on a break or pushing it up the floor. The thing was, even as a freshman, those passes were often just a tad bit off.
My main wish for Giff is that he says, "Screw it, I'm going out and play my game and make things happen." When he stops thinking too much, he can be really good. I'm not sure at all that we will ever see that, unfortunately. But it could happen. This year would be a great time. I would like to see KO run plays where Giff becomes the "go to" guy for periods of time early in the season in the cupcake games (assuming there are some). Tell him to get in there and score the ball.
