No one is arguing they are different players but two points are being made here. One, Harkless wouldn't get the same minutes and given the surrounding cast of players, he would not get the same production as he has at St Johns. Second, there is no guarantee what DD would produce given th same minutes Harkless does but given the cast he would have at St Johns, his production has to be better than hs current output. My guess is it would be enough to generate enough buzz. Think Cleaveland Melvin. Maybe not at the lottery level, but Harkless isn't at that point either
If Daniels were as good, he'd be commanding the same minutes right now, bottom line. I think Daniels is a nice player and no doubt a polar opposite coaching style from Lavin an Co. I think if SJU had a PG and a center like Drummond, SJU would also run deep into the tourney. Semantics though. Its not going to happen.