Sorry but not really. Gaff has largely been a liability. He had one good game. Cole has fluctuated offensively but defensively he’s been consistently solid and those commenting on our defense regressing as it did in the first 10 min of today’s game were feeling RJs absence. Gaffney starting appears to be as much about motivating RJ as it is about Motivating Gaff but we are a much better team with RJ at the wheel and it’s been that way all year.
Maybe you are right. But my prediction is Gaff will out play Cole in 2 or 3 of our remaining games. We'll see.
I hope so! Gaffneys improvement is critical to our success. RJ’s efficiency on the season needs to come up for sure, but I think if you go back and look at his scoring and ATO vs Gaff you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Thinking about it some more and I'm sure the stats back you up. Cole's ability to shoot when he gets his feet set makes Cole statistically a better scorer.
Yeah I get that. Gaff’s length and at times selective aggression are his strengths. It’s his shakey handle that causes issues and his youth will cause him to jump in the air with the ball. Both cause live ball turnovers that create baskets on the other end. You can see he’s a work in progress and when we get more of the good and less of the bad we’ll be better off.
Cole can really be an X factor for us. This team has a lot of weapons, we knew that going in, but Cole always stood out to me. Hes proven that he can score the ball, and he has experience. Today we saw what Cole can be.
If he does it next game it won't make him Jordan, Napier or Boatright either. Yawn.
He didn't today when he had that breakaway and instead of jamming it home he tried to lay it in from straight on and missed. It had me laughing about that article in the preseason where they talked about him unleashing his "above the rim athleticism." Dunk that ball, kid!
