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Message: [QUOTE="Hoophound, post: 5201170, member: 271"] I’m not saying Nowell is definitely a good player. I’m saying he deserves a chance at some point and we desperately need a point guard to spell Diarra. He was a very good high school and AAU player. A few minutes here and there would be a Godsend. Yes, he’s shortish but he’s also strong as hell. It was pointed out that he came in and got burned by Poplar the other night, nobody on our team could guard Poplar. We saw some speed and hops from Nowell in contesting his jumper. Poplar was just on fire for a while. We can’t rule out short pg’s entirely. Bazz and Boat were great defenders. Nowell has the strength to defend bigger players. Just needs to stay in front of them. Again, this is more about needing another body that can handle the ball. We don’t have enough guys to stay fresh down the stretch and Diarra is already banged up. There isn’t really any alternative but to give him some minutes or watch Hassan run out of gas. [/QUOTE]