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Message: [QUOTE="JustbrewitMan, post: 5201012, member: 7806"] The "square peg into round hole" "trying to make him a PG" arguments thrown around here are absolute rubbish. At StMU, he sure appeared to be capable of the following basic things you want [B]ANY [/B]guard to do with reasonable prowess against reasonable sample size of reasonable comp: [LIST] [*]Bring the ball up the court and start the offense, when needed (NOT even "be a PG") [*]Serve as an effective perimeter part of a reasonably-designed offensive set [*]Drive and create a pass/shot when the opportunities are there [*]Make shots at a reasonable rate [*]Make a clutch shot or two late in the shot clock to bail out the offense [/LIST] Here with us, every trip up the floor to try and start the offense is a hold-your-breath adventure. Backcourt violations, getting bullied, ball stripped. More often than not, the offense grinds to a halt whenever he gets the ball. Either as an initiator or as a cog in the set. Yes he's occasionally driven into the lane with some success, but it's been wildly inefficient and inconsistent. In BE play, he's shot 38% from the field overall, 28% from 3. Ast:TO of 16:11. Serviceable defense has never materialized. If this guy can somehow find a way to become a Joey C for 5 minutes a game, that would go a long way toward us being more of a menace as we head towards the tourney. It seems like a reasonable ask, but we're in the home stretch. I absolutely hate that I was right about my worries about him from the open summer practice. I'm all here for an epic redemption arc... [/QUOTE]

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