Slocum and Pivec played for Oregon State, not Oregon. A significant difference. Why willtalk gets on multiple boards throughout the country and attempts to convince people about playing time decision mistakes made by Oregon's Kelly Graves and why Oregon State's offense should have been more efficient this past season is mindboggling. He should stick to posting about programs that he knows more about.As Olddude mentioned she seems more suited to playing the two-guard than the point. However, she is perfectly capable of playing the point but just would rather play like a two. For the first part of this season, she did play the point well. But is seems like she decided she didn't want to do that.
One problem with Oregon was that Pivec and Slocum, who got to be really good buddies over the summer seemed to carry it over on to the court. The played catch with each other freezing out any other guards on the floor. It was either pass into the post or either one or the other would take it off the dribble. It damaged both their games. It was most obvious by how many times they ended up picking up their dibbles which often ended in turnovers and desperation passes. What players sometimes forget is that college ball is also about developing skills for the next level of play and that includes decision making.
I feel Slocum really is making a mistake transferring out. She will have to play the point at the next level and what she needs to learn is when to take it for herself when to pass or set up someone else. She will not learn that playing the shooting guard.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the late great Kenny Rodgers would advise-- You got to know when to hold up, know when to put it up, know when to pass away, know when to drive. You never leave a program if it teaches you to be stable, there'll be time enough for leaving when next seasons done.
There are so many things incorrect with his above post that I don't know where to start, but I will make a few comments as a big fan of Oregon State. Slocum and Pivec both averaged at least 4.5 assists last season. They both had A:T ratios of close to 2.0. Slocum shot 45% from the field and Pivec was just over 50%. Both averaged almost 15 points per game on very efficient shooting percentages, especially for guards. Neither player was a volume shooter with Slocum averaging about 12.5 shots per game and Pivec at 11.1 shots per game.
To write that either player "froze" her teammates out on offense is simply not accurate. As for the two players becoming friends last summer, they actually practiced together for two seasons at OSU prior to the '19-'20 season and have known each other since early in their AAU careers in adjacent states, much like many of the players in the OSU program and teammates in other programs throughout the country. Willtalk is fabricating his own "facts" about things at OSU that he really knows little about.
Slocum will be better off in a program that allows her more freedom. She will find a program that will allow her to play the point. OSU fans and her teammates will miss her next season. Slocum wasn't a ball hog at OSU. If anything, she should have taken more shots for the Beavers. She ran the offense that Scott Rueck demanded. If she didn't, she would find her way to the bench. Players at Oregon State aren't allowed to ad lib offensively. It is a very controlled offensive scheme as all close observers of the Beavers know. Slocum should flourish in a program that allows her to run more and get out in transition.
I do like the late Kenny Rogers and "The Gambler". But, willtalk may have ruined that song for me forever with his improvised lyrics....
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You are jaundiced!