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Message: [QUOTE="tjc1888, post: 2485718, member: 3130"] Expectations are WAY too high for JA. He quite literally has won us 2-3 games ALONE this year. He is officially now the only true ball handler on the team. He is asked to do so much creating and scoring, you have to expect his TOs are going to be relatively high. Having AG healthy would dramatically drop his TO's. This was not the plan for him to handle the ball so much. He was suppose to have AG and MAL help him out, but similar to last year, it's only him. He's averaging almost 19 a game, while also having to create for everyone else on the floor. In regards to last night, he did not play well. However, similar to what another poster said, Zona played two 7 footers and clogged the lane. They knew that he was the only one that was going to hurt him and know he loves to get to the basket. If you surrounded him with another shooter, and another ball handler he would be a lot more consistent and effective. People can say he's not a good leader but he acts similar to the way Bazz/Boat in the fact that he is very demonstrative. If this team was 9-2 with wins over Oregon and two of Cuse/Zona/Ark, we would be praising his leadership. It's pretty simple, fans think one way; you win games = best player is a leader and if you lose games = no leadership. [/QUOTE]