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[QUOTE="Hoophound, post: 5190161, member: 271"]
I am always beating this drum. We are traditionally a 2 pg school. Hurley has changed that but he’s always had competent secondary ball handlers. Guys like Jackson Jr, Hawkins, Spencer etc were there to help Newton in a pinch. Newton was a bit of a confusing figure. He wasn’t a pure pg, but he was competent and he also had the ability to make deep clutch 3’s and get to the rim. He wasn’t a traditional pg but he was capable, big and he could score. He was a great player, but not a common one. You don’t just bring in another Newton.  He’s atypical.

What we are seeing now is a typical team. Hassan isn’t a star, but he’s good and beyond him, our only pg is Nowell. He hasn’t gotten the minutes needed to become competent at this level. Going forward, I want to see us having 2 legit PGs on the roster and slashers on the wings that can help out in the backcourt when needed. That’s just the reliable makeup of a good college team.  This team just doesn’t have it. I don’t expect that Dan, a solid pg himself, will put himself in this position again.
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