Star Omar Calhoun and bring D Ham off bench for now

[Greathusky]

Ummmmm, no.

Dodgeball!

 

[nychuskyfan]

He just needs to be a glue guy and not a focal point of the offense. Bad things happen when he has the ball on the perimeter, especially without a 7-footer to throw the lob to. I realize we are not teeming with other perimeter options, but just gonna have to roll the dice with JA.

 

[Rocktheworld]

DISPATCH

 

[Gurleyman]

He just needs to be a glue guy and not a focal point of the offense. Bad things happen when he has the ball on the perimeter, especially without a 7-footer to throw the lob to. I realize we are not teeming with other perimeter options, but just gonna have to roll the dice with JA.

There were 12 times in that game where he got into the teeth of the defense and kicked the ball to open shooters to give them a chance to shoot or up fake and go (he also had two passes he threw poorly around guys' feet where they couldn't do anything with it - good read, bad pass). If the defense was breaking down and someone was getting a good look, it was usually DHam setting it up. Gibbs had one kickout to Miller in the second half that was about the only other time that someone else did what DHam does regularly.

This board is going overboard with the bashing - he's in a ghastly shooting slump, but not a playing slump. He's contributing a lot. His assists are up and his turnovers are down. And his defense has been acceptable lately too.

Let him play through it. Last guy to be in this ghastly a funk as a sophomore was Bazz, who went through an 0-18 (or 3-35) slump from the floor.